SACRED IBIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sacred ibis mean? 

• SACRED IBIS (noun)
  The noun SACRED IBIS has 1 sense:

1. African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians

  Familiarity information: SACRED IBIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACRED IBIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sacred ibis; Threskiornis aethiopica

Hypernyms ("sacred ibis" is a kind of...):

ibis (wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills)

Holonyms ("sacred ibis" is a member of...):

genus Threskiornis; Threskiornis (type genus of the Threskiornithidae)