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ibis

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"Nile wader"

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈaɪ.bɪs/Part of speech nounSorted biisStarts with IEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Mentioned in the Wycliffe Bible as ybyn or ibin, as ibys from 16th century and ibis shortly after. From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian h-b-G26 (hbj) (compare Coptic ϩⲓⲃⲱⲓ (hibōi) or ϩⲓⲡ (hip)).

Used in a sentence

  • It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.

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