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BUBULCUS IBIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bubulcus ibis mean?
• BUBULCUS IBIS (noun)
The noun BUBULCUS IBIS has 1 sense:
1. small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
Familiarity information: BUBULCUS IBIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bubulcus ibis; cattle egret
Hypernyms ("Bubulcus ibis" is a kind of...):
egret (any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season)
Holonyms ("Bubulcus ibis" is a member of...):
Bubulcus; genus Bubulcus (small white egrets)
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