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noun
any of several storks of the subfamily Mycteriinae, especially Mycteria americana, of the warm parts of America, and Ibis ibis, of Africa, having chiefly white plumage and a featherless head and resembling the true ibises in having curved bills: M. Americana is endangered.
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Also called wood stork.
Origin of wood ibis
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Words nearby wood ibis
woodhewer, wood hoopoe, woodhouse, Woodhull, wood hyacinth, wood ibis, woodland, woodland caribou, Woodland culture, woodlander, woodlark
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British Dictionary definitions for wood ibis
wood ibis
noun
any of several storks having a downward-curved bill, esp Mycteria americana of America and Ibis ibis of Africa
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