sacred ibis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wading bird of species Threskiornis aethiopicus, of the family Threskiornithidae, which breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, southeastern Iraq and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth.

Word forms

sacred ibis sacred ibises
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