ibis
/ˈaɪ.bɪs/
ibis noun: any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
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Noun (1)
ibis (plural ibis or ibises or ibides or ibes)
- Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
- It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 4
- There were thousands upon thousands of white cockatoos flying around the trees alongside the river, and I had my first glimpse of that strange bird the ibis, with its long skinny legs and graceful neck.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 21
Proper noun capitalized: IBIS
IBIS
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Noun (2) capitalized: IBIs
IBIs
- plural of IBI
ibis meaning in Tagalog and Arabic
ibis in Tagalog
- Threskiornithid
- ibis
ibis in Arabic
- Threskiornithid
- أَبُو مِنْجَل ʔabū minjal
Forms of ibis
| plural | ibis |
|---|---|
| plural | ibises |
| plural | ibides |
| plural | ibes |
Origin of ibis
Mentioned in the Wycliffe Bible (Lev. 11:17) as ybyn or ibin, as ibys from 16th century and ibis shortly after. From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian h-b-G26 (hbj) (compare Coptic ϩⲓⲃⲱⲓ (hibōi) or ϩⲓⲡ (hip)).
Words formed from ibis
- African sacred ibis
- Australian white ibis
- bald ibis
- bare-faced ibis
- black-faced ibis
- black ibis
- crested ibis
- giant ibis
- glossy ibis
- green ibis
- hadada ibis
- ibisbill
- ibislike
- Japanese crested ibis
- Madagascar ibis
- plumbeous ibis
- Puna ibis
- Reunion ibis
- sacred ibis
- scarlet ibis
- sharp-tailed ibis
- straw-necked ibis
- white-faced ibis
- white ibis
- wood ibis
Phrases with ibis
Questions about ibis
- What does ibis mean?
- Ibis means any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
- What is ibis in Tagalog?
- Ibis in Tagalog is ibis. See Ibis meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is ibis?
- Ibis can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ibis?
- Ibis is pronounced /ˈaɪ.bɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ibis?
- The plural of ibis is ibis.
Words near ibis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ibis (page history and authors); IBIS (page history and authors); IBIs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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