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
Words nearby wood ibis
wood frog,
wood grouse,
wood hedgehog,
wood hoopoe,
wood hyacinth,
wood ibis,
wood lily,
wood lot,
wood louse,
wood meadow grass,
wood mouse
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