Wood ibis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis
    wood stork; Ibis ibis.
  2. noun an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
    Mycteria americana; wood stork; flinthead.

WordNet

Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers. The American wood ibis (Tantalus loculator) is common in Florida.

Webster 1913