IBIS


Meaning of IBIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈī-bəs ]

noun

( plural ibis or ibis·es )

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek, from Egyptian hbw

Date: 14th century

: any of various chiefly tropical or subtropical wading birds (family Threskiornithidae) related to the herons but distinguished by a long slender downwardly curved bill

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