单词 | ibis |
释义 | ibis /uy"bis/, n. , pl. ibises, (esp. collectively) ibis. 1. 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. Cf. sacred ibis. 2. any of certain similar birds belonging to the stork family Ciconiidae, esp. the wood stork, Mycteria americana. [1350-1400; ME < L ibis < Gk îbis < Egyptian hb] |
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