ibises
- plural of ibis.
Example Sentences
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In past years, he said, the ibises would either “just utilize this for a roosting siteand wouldn’t nest because of the lack of water, or they nested but were unsuccessful in fledging out their young.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Calabro and I talked a little bit about local wildlife: the striped bass, the oystercatchers, the glossy ibises that nest somewhere near the marsh islands around the North Channel Bridge near JFK Airport.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2022
Yet these striking creatures, as well as vultures, ibises, and others with distinctive physical traits, are likely to be the first to go extinct, homogenizing the avian world, according to one study.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2022
More recently, extreme droughts have sent marsh-loving glossy ibises from the Mediterranean as far north as the British Isles.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
The halls were empty and the lotus garden deserted, except for ibises meditating on the existence of frogs.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
