Ibis Definition

ībĭs
ibises
noun
Any of several large wading birds (family Threskiornithidae) with long legs and a long, slender, curved bill, found chiefly in tropical regions, as the sacred ibis of the Nile (Threskiornis aethiopica)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ibis

Noun

Singular:
ibis
Plural:
ibises

Origin of Ibis

  • Middle English ibin from Latin ībis from Greek from Egyptian hbj

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (ibis), from Egyptian

    From Wiktionary

  • hby (hîbu) (compare Coptic [script?] (hibôi, hip)).

    From Wiktionary

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