wood ibis
wood ibis · wood ibises
A bird, the wood storkA bird, the wood stork (not a true ibis).
Meaning
1 sensesA bird, the wood stork (not a true ibis).
More definitions
- an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
- any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis
Forms
plural: wood ibises| Singular | wood ibis |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics:wood storkflintheadMycteria americana
- any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis:wood storkIbis ibis
See also
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