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ALL meanings of ibis

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  • noun ibis A large wading bird with a long down -curved bill, long neck, and long legs. 1
  • noun ibis bird: type of stork 1
  • noun plural ibis any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill. Compare sacred ibis. 1
  • noun plural ibis any of certain similar birds belonging to the stork family Ciconiidae, especially the wood stork, Mycteria americana. 1
  • noun ibis any of various wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, such as Threskiornis aethiopica (sacred ibis), that occur in warm regions and have a long thin down-curved bill: order Ciconiiformes (herons, storks, etc) 0
  • noun ibis any of several large wading birds (family Threskiornithidae) with long legs and a long, slender, curved bill, found chiefly in tropical regions, as the sacred ibis of the Nile (Threskiornis aethiopica) 0
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