Definition of Ibis ibis

1. Noun. Any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis.

Exact synonyms: Wood Ibis, Wood Stork
Generic synonyms: Ibis
Group relationships: Genus Ibis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ibis Ibis

Ibadan
Ibaraki
Ibaraki virus
Iberia
Iberian
Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Sea
Iberian lynx
Iberian lynxes
Iberians
Iberis
Ibero-mesornis
Iberomaurusian
Ibert
Ibibio
Ibis ibis
Ibiza
Ibizan
Ibizan Hound
Ibizan Hounds
Ibizan Podenco
Ibizan hound
Iblis
Ibn al-Haytham
Ibo
Ibrahim
Ibrahimic
Ibsen
Ibsenesque
Ibsenian

Literary usage of Ibis ibis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1897)
"... and from time to time a Scarlet Ibis (Ibis rubra) is seen. Constant companions were the Kingfishers, the large Ceryle ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The scarlet ibis (Ibis ruber) is a tropical American species, remarkable for its brilliant plumage, which is scarlet, with the tips of a few outer primaries ..."

3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"THE SCARLET IBIS [Ibis rubra, Cuv.]. This bird is about the size of our curlew, and in most respects might be called, or supposed to be, a curlew of a very ..."

4. Younger American Poets, 1830-1890 by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Goodridge Bliss Roberts (1891)
"O Ibis, Ibis! whose thin wings of white Scarce stir the roses of the sunset ... 0 Ibis, Ibis, bird of Hermes bold, The avatar to men from gates of gold, ..."

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