wood ibis


noun

any of several storks of the subfamily Mycteriinae, especially Mycteria americana, of the warm parts of America, and Ibis ibis, of Africa, having chiefly white plumage and a featherless head and resembling the true ibises in having curved bills: M. Americana is endangered.
Also called wood stork.

Origin of wood ibis

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example sentences from the Web for wood ibis

  • Among the trees the wood-ibis stole; without on the placid glass of the stream the eared grebe floated.

    The Slayer Of souls |Robert Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for wood ibis

wood ibis

noun

any of several storks having a downward-curved bill, esp Mycteria americana of America and Ibis ibis of Africa