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Definition of "ibis" [i•bis]

  • Any of various storklike wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae of temperate and tropical regions, having a long, slender, downward-curving bill. (noun)
  • The wood ibis. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ibis" in a sentence
  • "The ibis is a bird that was found so useful in destroying locusts and serpents in Egypt, that in olden times it was made a capital crime for any one to destroy it."
  • "The ibis is a natural enemy of snakes, and so they scattered the snakes, and the army was safe."
  • "The LXX. and Vulgate render this word by "ibis", i.e., the"