Ibis

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈaɪ.bɪs/

Origin

From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις, from Egyptian

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hby (hîbu) (compare Coptic ϩⲓⲃⲱⲓ or ϩⲓⲡ).

Full definition of ibis

Noun

1. Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae. They have long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
• Melville Moby-Dick|1It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.