ˈībə̇s sometimes ˈēb- noun
( plural ibis or ibis·es )
Etymology: Latin ibid-, ibis, from Greek ibis, from Egyptian hby
: any of several wading birds related to the herons and constituting the family Threskiornithidae that inhabit warm regions in both hemispheres and feed on aquatic and amphibious animals and are distinguished by a long slender downwardly curved bill resembling a curlew's bill
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