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plural ibis or ibises
: any of various chiefly tropical or subtropical wading birds (family Threskiornithidae) related to the herons but distinguished by a long slender downwardly curved bill
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The ibises’ first flight outside the aviary was chaos.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Roosting on the model’s head was a headpiece in the shape of an ibis, which Bensimon said was inspired by both the Vulture crown and the god Thoth.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
Other clay figures—of ibises, dwarfs, and women—were prescribed for other ailments.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 12 Jan. 2025
Bald Ibis Migration Each fall, when the days grow shorter and the weather cooler, the ibises’ migratory instinct kicks in, priming them to seek out a warmer climate to spend the winter.
—Carin Leong, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2024
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Roosting on the model’s head was a headpiece in the shape of an ibis, which Bensimon said was inspired by both the Vulture crown and the god Thoth.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
Other clay figures—of ibises, dwarfs, and women—were prescribed for other ailments.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 12 Jan. 2025
Bald Ibis Migration Each fall, when the days grow shorter and the weather cooler, the ibises’ migratory instinct kicks in, priming them to seek out a warmer climate to spend the winter.
—Carin Leong, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2024
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ibis
noun
plural ibis or ibises
: any of several wading birds that differ from the related herons in having a long slender bill that curves downward
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