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Definition of Genus ibis
1. Noun. Ibises.
Group relationships: Family Ibidiidae, Family Threskiornithidae, Threskiornithidae
Member holonyms: Ibis Ibis, Wood Ibis, Wood Stork
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ibis
Literary usage of Genus ibis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"... because the type of the genus Ibis proves to be a stork, Tantalus ibis Linnaeus;
and the proper name for the genus Ibis, the type genus of the family, ..."
2. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"In the genus Ibis, as now restricted to the type of ... genus ibis. — Generic
characters. — Bill long, curved at the base, compressed, thickened, ..."
3. The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. by William Jardine (1842)
"In the genus Ibis, as now restricted to the type of /. rubra, falcinellus ...
genus ibis. — Generic characters. — Bill long, curved at the base, compressed, ..."
4. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1827)
"... which is a Vulture; but it is a bird of the genus Numenius, and of the sub-genus
Ibis, which has hitherto been described and figured only by Bruce, ..."
5. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1827)
"... which is a Vulture; but it is a bird of the genus Numenius, and of the sub-genus
Ibis, which has hitherto been described and figured only by Bruce, ..."
6. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Genus IBIS Moehring. Glossy Ibis. Plumage rich dark chestnut, changing to glossy
dark green with purplish reflections on the head, wings and elsewhere; ..."
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