ibises
ibises is the plural of ibis.
Meaning of ibis
Noun
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
Phrases with ibises
- wood ibises
- white ibises
- glossy ibises
- hadada ibises
- sacred ibises
- crested ibises
- scarlet ibises
- plumbeous ibises
- black-faced ibises
- straw-necked ibises
- African sacred ibises
- American white ibises
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Questions about ibises
- What is ibises the plural of?
- Ibises is the plural of ibis.
Words near ibises in the dictionary
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