noun Cattle egret. A small white heron which spends most of its time around cattle and livestock instead of water wading as most herons do. They feed on the insects and grubs disturbed by the grazing animals.
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mizk13 years ago
mizk
13 years ago
hey, can someone tell me how to pronounce this word? i've only seen it written, i want to know how to say it out loud.
prounouce it like gaalin
derrick13 years ago
derrick
13 years ago
Gahlin
derrick13 years ago
derrick
13 years ago
Think "darlin" without the r.
mizk13 years ago
mizk
13 years ago
thanks!
Jovial11 years ago
Jovial
11 years ago
Tick Bird is what they call it
Lenster8 years ago
Lenster
8 years ago
We say gawwlin.
Gaulin6 years ago
Gaulin
6 years ago
Can be blue or white. Love to be around cattle.
Kelman5 years ago
Kelman
5 years ago
We call them gaulin
curtis5 years ago
curtis
5 years ago
we a patwa people so galling we call it
we say gaulin/gawlin or dawlin which all means darling "long neck darling"
It is spelled pretty much the way we say it.
Stephen4 years ago
Stephen
4 years ago
Garlin, gaulin
Carlos3 years ago
Carlos
3 years ago
Mawga lakka gawlin
Carlos3 years ago
Carlos
3 years ago
rhymes with fall in
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2 years ago
My mother used to say "yuh neck lang like gaalin"
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A Englen
2 years ago
I saw one for the first time it was o my over head tank and I was curious because I always saw the white ones