[ahy-bis] 
) i⋅bis. | 1. | any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill. Compare sacred ibis. |
| 2. | any of certain similar birds belonging to the stork family Ciconiidae, esp. the wood stork, Mycteria americana. |
| i·bis (ī'bĭs) n. pl. ibis or i·bis·es
[Middle English ibin, from Latin ībis, from Greek, from Egyptian hbj.] |
