Ibis

See also: ibis and íbis

Translingual

Proper noun

Ibis f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Threskiornithidae – certain ibises, now in most of the genera of Threskiornithidae and in a genus of family Ciconidae of storks.

Derived terms

• Cercibis (sharp-tailed ibis)
• Ibididae
• Ibis aethiopica (sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus)
• Ibis alba (American white ibis, Eudocimus albus)
• Ibis carunculata (wattled ibis, Bostrychia carunculata)
• Ibis caerulescens (plumbeous ibis, Theristicus caerulescens)
• Ibis chalcoptera (South African ibis, hadada ibis, (Bostrychia hagedash)
• Ibis comata (hooded ibis, northern bald ibis, hermit ibis, waldrapp, Geronticus eremita)
• Ibis dentirostris (Cayenne ibis, green ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
• Ibis falcinellus (glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus)
• Ibis falconellus
• Ibis guarauna (Brazilian ibis, Plegadis guarauna)
• Ibis ibis (yellow-billed stork, Mycteria ibis)
• Ibis infuscatus (bare-faced ibis, Phimosus infuscatus)
• Ibis leucopyga (scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber)
• Ibis melanocephala (black-headed ibis, Threshkiornis melanocephala)
• Ibis melanopis (black-faced ibis, Theristicus melanopis)
• Ibis molucca (Australian white ibis, Threskiornis molucca)
• Ibis nippon (Japan ibis, crested ibis Nipponia nippon)
• Ibis nudifrons (bare-faced ibis, Phimosus infuscatus)
• Ibis ordii (glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus)
• Ibis propinqua (black-headed ibis, Threshkiornis melanocephala)
• Ibis religiosa (sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus)
• Ibis rubra (scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber)
• Ibis sacra (sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus)
• Ibis spinicollis (New Holland ibis, straw-necked ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
• Ibis sylvatica (Cayenne ibis, green ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
• Ibis thalassinus (white-faced glossy ibis, Plegadis guarauna)
• Lophotibis (Madagascan ibis)
• Mesembrinibis (green ibis)
• Pseudibis

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Ibis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiːbɪs]

• Audio (Germany):

  (file)

Noun

Ibis m (strong, genitive Ibisses, plural Ibisse)

1. ibis (bird)

Declension

Declension of Ibis [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ibis	die	Ibisse
genitive	eines	des	Ibisses	der	Ibisse
dative	einem	dem	Ibis, Ibisse1	den	Ibissen
accusative	einen	den	Ibis	die	Ibisse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Ibis” in Duden online