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Noun: ibis  I-bis
  1. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
    "The sacred ibis was revered in ancient Egypt"

Derived forms: ibises

Type of: wader, wading bird

Part of: family Ibidiidae, family Threskiornithidae, Threskiornithidae

Encyclopedia: Ibis, Queensland