Any of various long-legged wadingbirds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
Origin
Mentioned in the Wycliffe Bible as ybyn or ibin, as ibys from 16th century and ibis shortly after. From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις, from Egyptian hbj (compare Coptic ϩⲓⲃⲱⲓ or ϩⲓⲡ)
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