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(ī`bĭs), common name for wading birds with long, slender, decurved bills, found in the warmer regions of both hemispheres. The body is usually about 2 ft (61 cm) long. Most ibises nest in colonies. They feed in ponds, lakes, and brackish marshes on fish and other aquatic animals. The sacred ibis of ancient Egypt, Threskiornis aethiopica, a white and black bird, no longer frequents the Nile basin, although it inhabits other parts of Africa. In the southern part of North America are found the white ibis, Eudocimus albus; the white-faced and eastern glossy ibises, Plegadis falcinellus; and a bird that was formerly called the wood ibis, which is really a storkstork,
common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world.
..... Click the link for more information. . The scarlet ibis of South America, E. ruber, is occasionally seen in the S United States. Ibises are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Ciconiiformes, family Threskiornithidae.

Ibis

a genus of birds of the order Ciconiiformes. The ibis is similar to the stork but differs from it by having a bald head and a more massive and prominent downwardly curved bill. There are three species. Ibis ibis is found on Madagascar and in Central and Southern Africa. The species /. leucocephalus and /. cinereus dwell in Southwest Asia.

ibis

[′ī·bəs] (vertebrate zoology) The common name for wading birds making up the family Threskiornithidae and distinguished by a long, slender, downward-curving bill.

ibis

any of various wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, such as Threskiornis aethiopica (sacred ibis), that occur in warm regions and have a long thin down-curved bill: order Ciconiiformes (herons, storks, etc.)

IBIS

(I/O Buffer Information Specification) A format for defining the analog characteristics of the input and output of integrated circuits. IBIS models are ASCII files that provide the behavioral information required to model the device without divulging the proprietary design of the circuit. IBIS supports complex devices such as memory modules and MCMs.

IBIS

Acronym	Definition
IBIS➣International Benchmarking of the Information Society
IBIS➣In Body Image Stabilization (photography)
IBIS➣International Business Information Systems
IBIS➣Input Output Buffer Information Specification
IBIS➣Interagency Border Inspection System
IBIS➣Issue-Based Information System
IBIS➣I/O Buffer Information
IBIS➣Integrated Botanical Information System (Australia)
IBIS➣I/O Buffer Information Specification
IBIS➣Input/Output Buffer Information Specification
IBIS➣Interoperability in Business Information Systems
IBIS➣Integrated Business Information System
IBIS➣Interactive BodyMind Information System
IBIS➣Integrative Bodymind Information System
IBIS➣Interagency Border Inspection Services
IBIS➣Internet-Based Information Systems
IBIS➣Illinois Bibliographic Information Service
IBIS➣Inter-Banken-Informations-System (German electronic securities trading system)
IBIS➣Integrated Biodiversity Information System
IBIS➣Invasive Bacterial Infections Surveillance (EU)
IBIS➣Independent Bonn International School (Germany)
IBIS➣International Book Import Service
IBIS➣Imager on Board INTEGRAL Satellite
IBIS➣International Business Information Services (various locations)
IBIS➣Interferometric Bidimensional Spectrometer
IBIS➣Institute for British-Irish Studies
IBIS➣Info Botswana Internet Services
IBIS➣Institute for Business and Industrial Statistics (University of Amsterdam)
IBIS➣Improving Behaviour in Schools (UK)
IBIS➣Image Based Information System
IBIS➣Ion Beam Information System
IBIS➣Integrated Broadcast Interaction System (interactive satellite digital TV)
IBIS➣INSEAD Business in Society
IBIS➣Interfaces for Bilingual Information Systems
IBIS➣Irsky Batch Inquiry System
IBIS➣International Book Information Service
IBIS➣Intelligent Bus Information System
IBIS➣International Birth Defects Information System
IBIS➣Irritable Bowel Information & Support (of Australia, Inc)
IBIS➣Internet Borrower Inquiry Services
IBIS➣Integrated On-Board Information System (European specification of a data bus for public transportation vehicles)
IBIS➣Integrated Bayesian Inference System
IBIS➣Item Banks Infrastructure Study
IBIS➣Integrated Ballistic Identification Systems (ATF)
IBIS➣Integrated Blade Inspection System
IBIS➣Integrated Billing Information System
IBIS➣Integrated Battlespace Intelligence Server
IBIS➣Inflight Blade Inspection System
IBIS➣Investment Banking Industry Scholars
IBIS➣Interactive Battlespace Intelligence System
IBIS➣Integrated Information Business Systems (consulting firm)
IBIS➣International Baccalaureate Information System
IBIS➣Instrument for Biological Investigations in Space
IBIS➣Integrated Bus for Intelligent Sensors
IBIS➣Integrated Battlespace Intelligence Segments
IBIS➣Imaging Background Limited Infrared System
IBIS➣Intelligent Banknote Identification System
IBIS➣Impulse Center Business in Society
IBIS➣Institute of Balanced and Integrated Spirituality
IBIS➣Integrated Billing System
IBIS➣Industrial Bin Information Systems (Prince George, British Columbia, Canada)
IBIS➣Integrated Broadband Information Service
IBIS➣ICAO Birdstrike Information System (aviation)

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noun wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills

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