ibis
朱鹮,朱鹭,朱鹭酒店,朱利安
Definitions
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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.
Examples
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.