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GENUS IBIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ibis mean?
• GENUS IBIS (noun)
The noun GENUS IBIS has 1 sense:
1. ibises
Familiarity information: GENUS IBIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ibises
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Ibis" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ibis"):
Ibis ibis; wood ibis; wood stork (any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis)
Holonyms ("genus Ibis" is a member of...):
family Ibidiidae; family Threskiornithidae; Threskiornithidae (ibises)
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