Meaning of ibis | Babel Free

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1. ibis (wading bird)
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2. Equivalent to 'Ibis': Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as...

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“Ībis avis Nīlī flūminis, quae sēmetipsam pūrgat, rōstrō in ānum aquam fundēns. Haec serpentium ōva vēscitur, grātissimam ex eīs ēscam nīdīs suīs dēportāns.”

The ibis is a bird of the river Nile, which purges itself by pouring water into its anus with its beak. It devours the eggs of snakes, carrying from them to its nests the most welcome food.

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