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Do they have high bills? Energy comes down with provider finally making cut (6)

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egrets

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(Other definitions for egrets that I've seen before include "creatures" , "Greets like fishing eagles" , "waders" , "Kind of herons with long white feathers" , "Greets in way of certain herons (" .)

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