ibis 的定义
plural i·bis·es, i·bis.
- any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.Compare sacred ibis.
- any of certain similar birds belonging to the stork family Ciconiidae, especially the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
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- For the ibis, I used old automobile license plates to sculpt the form.
- In addition to two tigers there is the elephant, the dog, the bear, an ibis.
- We saw plenty of birds on our way; among them the white ibis, the white heron, the snake-bird, and vulture.
- "Yes; these are mostly pictures of Egypt;" and the ibis led him to a long discourse on the Egyptian campaign.
- They also saw two species of ibis wading about in the marsh, and a gigantic water-hen almost as big as a turkey.
- Were any one to kill a stork, he would be pursued like an Egyptian of old for killing an ibis, or for fricaseeing a cat.
- The glossy ibis is often called bronze curlew, but this is a bad misnomer, as they are in no way related to the curlew.