HyperDic: mycteria

English > 1 sense of the word Mycteria:
NOUNanimalMycteria, genus Mycteriaa genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
English > Mycteria: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis.
Synonymgenus Mycteria
Member ofCiconiidae, family Ciconiidaestorks
Memberswood ibis, wood stork, flinthead, Mycteria americanaAn American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill
Broaderbird genusA genus of birds

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