"sacred ibis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sacred ibis [plural], sacred ibises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|sacred ibis|+}} sacred ibis (plural sacred ibis or sacred ibises)
  1. Threskiornis aethiopicus, a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, southeastern Iraq and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth. Wikipedia link: sacred ibis Categories (lifeform): Ibises and spoonbills Synonyms: African sacred ibis Translations (Threskiornis aethiopicus): ibis sagrat africà [masculine] (Catalan), 埃及聖䴉 (Chinese Mandarin), 埃及圣鹮 (Āijí shènghuán) (Chinese Mandarin), heilige ibis [masculine] (Dutch), pyhäiibis (Finnish), ցեծ (cʻec) (Old Armenian), مصر طورنهسی (Mısır turnası) (Ottoman Turkish), ییلانجیل (yılancıl) (Ottoman Turkish), свяще́нный и́бис (svjaščénnyj íbis) [masculine] (Russian), ibis sagrado [masculine] (Spanish), helig ibis [common-gender] (Swedish), Mısır turnası (Turkish)

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