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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ai·grette /eˈgrɛt, ˈeˌ/
 鷺;冠毛;鷺鷥毛帽飾;飾毛

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ai·gret Ai·grette n.
 1. Zool. The small white European heron. See Egret.
 2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
 3. A tuft like that of the egret. Bot. A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 aigrette
      n : a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a
          hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume [syn: aigret]