aigrette in a sentence

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1. On " l'Aigrette ", commanded by Fleuriot de Langle he functioned as an " officier charg?du d�tail ", as he also did on board the " la R�solue ".
2. Reptile species include the large, slow day gecko, and a population of non-indigenous Aldabra giant tortoise, brought to �le aux Aigrettes to take over the important ecological role of the extinct Mauritian tortoises.
3. The turban, of gold cloth, had an aigrette whose base was composed of diamonds of an extraordinary size and value, besides an Oriental topaz, which may be pronounced unparalleled, exhibiting a lustre like the sun.
4. A number of the items of jewellery in the  12 Vend�me collection are transformable : a long necklace may be lengthened by the addition of two bracelets and an invisible system makes it possible to detach the aigrette from a diadem.
5. Population estimates of about 400 birds in seven subpopulations ( six in the national park and one on Ile aux Aigrettes ) in 2015 have resulted from Jones'leadership in the intervention, following similar methods to the Mauritius kestrel project.
6. The word " egret " comes from the French word " aigrette " that means both " silver heron " and " brush ", referring to the long filamentous feathers that seem to cascade down an egret's back during the breeding season.
7. The 61.50 carat ( 12.3 g ) whiskey-coloured diamond, " The Eye of the Tiger ", was mounted by Cartier in a turban aigrette for the " JMaharaja " or Maharaja of Nawanagar in 1934.
8. Charg?par le comte de Grasse de se rendre en France pour y rendre compte des op�rations de l arm�e, le chevalier de Marigny quitta " l Ardent ", et prit passage sur la fr�gate " l Aigrette ".
9. The collection comprises a set of crowns and thrones, some 30 tiaras, numerous aigrettes, jewel studded swords and shields, a vast amount of precious loose gems, as well as the largest collections of emeralds, rubies and diamonds in the world.
10. Work to restore nine highly degraded Mascarene off-shore islands is underway ( in Mauritius : Round Island, Ile aux Aigrettes, Flat Island, Ile aux Gabrielle, Gunner s Quoin, Ile de la Passe and Ile Fouquet; in Rodrigues : Ile Cocos and Ile aux Sables ).