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单词 wood ibis
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wood ibis


noun

any of several storks of the subfamily Mycteriinae, especially Mycteria americana, of the warm parts of America, and Ibis ibis, of Africa, having chiefly white plumage and a featherless head and resembling the true ibises in having curved bills: M. Americana is endangered.
Also called wood stork.

Origin of wood ibis

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Words nearby wood ibis

woodhewer, wood hoopoe, woodhouse, Woodhull, wood hyacinth, wood ibis, woodland, woodland caribou, Woodland culture, woodlander, woodlark
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Example sentences from the Web for wood ibis

  • Among the trees the wood-ibis stole; without on the placid glass of the stream the eared grebe floated.

    The Slayer Of souls|Robert Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for wood ibis

wood ibis

noun

any of several storks having a downward-curved bill, esp Mycteria americana of America and Ibis ibis of Africa
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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