HyperDic: sacred_ibis

English > 1 sense of the expression *sacred ibis*:
NOUN	animal	sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopica	African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians

English > *sacred ibis*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians.
Synonym	Threskiornis aethiopica
Member of	Threskiornis, genus Threskiornis	type genus of the Threskiornithidae
Broader	ibis	wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
Spanish	ibis sagrado
Catalan	ibis sagrat