ibis : Idioms & Phrases

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bubulcus ibis

  • noun small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
    cattle egret.
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genus ibis

  • noun ibises
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ibis ibis

  • noun any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis
    wood stork; Ibis ibis.
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Pelican ibis

  • (Zoöl.), a large Asiatic wood ibis (Tantalus leucocephalus). The head and throat are destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the tail greenish black.
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Sacred ibis

  • noun African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians
    Threskiornis aethiopica.
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  • . See Ibis.
Webster 1913

Scarlet ibis

  • (Zoöl.) See under Ibis.
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Shell ibis

  • (Zoöl.), the openbill of India.
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White ibis

  • (Zoöl.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
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Wood ibis

  • noun any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis
    wood stork; Ibis ibis.
  • 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.
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  • (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