SACRED IBIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians

Synonyms:

sacred ibis; Threskiornis aethiopica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sacred ibis" is a kind of...):

ibis (wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills)

Holonyms ("sacred ibis" is a member of...):

genus Threskiornis; Threskiornis (type genus of the Threskiornithidae)