a large, white stork (Mycteria americana) with a slender, downward-curving bill and naked head, found in wooded swamps from the S U.S. to South America: also called
See wood ibis in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Any of several large, mainly white wading birds of the subfamily Mycteriinae, related to and resembling the storks, especially the New World species Mycteria americana, which inhabits wooded areas of tropical and subtropical America. Also called flinthead, wood stork.