ibis

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a long-legged wading bird with a long, downward-curving bill used to probe mud for food

   A white ibis searched the shallow marsh for crabs and insects.

Borrowed from Latin ibis, from Ancient Greek ibis, ultimately from an Egyptian name for the bird. Ibises were prominent in ancient Egyptian religion, especially in representations of the god Thoth.

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