wood ibis

/wʊd ˌaɪbɪs/

Other forms: wood ibises

Definitions of wood ibis

1. noun

   any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis
   synonyms: Ibis ibis, wood stork

   type of:

   ibis

   wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
2. noun

   an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
   synonyms: Mycteria americana, flinthead, wood stork

   type of:

   stork

   large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage