Although uncommon, a drug test may report the presence of illegal drugs, even if none were taken. There are plenty of legal foods and medications, from bagels to cough suppressants, which contain minuscule traces of these drugs. Click âView Slideshowâ to see the list of everyday things that contain substances known to cause false-positives.
For the EGRET satellite mission, see Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope. An egret /ËiËÉ¡rÉt/ is a bird that is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes (usually milky white) during the breeding season. 1 Biology.
egret. n. 1. (Animals) any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta, Hydranassa, etc, that are similar to herons but usually have a white plumage and, in the breeding season, long feathery plumes: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes.merican egret, Egretta albus, great white heron-a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus. Bubulcus ibis, cattle egret-small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals.