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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.
wood ibis
noun
- any of several storks having a downward-curved bill, esp Mycteria americana of America and Ibis ibis of Africa
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wood ibis1
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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Example Sentences
Among the trees the wood-ibis stole; without on the placid glass of the stream the eared grebe floated.
From Project Gutenberg
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