HyperDic: wood_ibis

English > 2 senses of the expression wood ibis:
NOUNanimalwood ibis, wood stork, Ibis ibisany of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis
animalwood ibis, wood stork, flinthead, Mycteria americanaan American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill
English > wood ibis: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis.
Synonymswood stork, Ibis ibis
Member ofgenus Ibisibises
Broaderibiswading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
SpanishIbis ibis, tántalo
English > wood ibis: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
MeaningAn American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics.
Synonymswood stork, flinthead, Mycteria americana
Member ofMycteria, genus MycteriaA genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
Broaderstorklarge mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
Catalantàntal americà

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