noun🔗ShareIbisAny of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans."While walking along the shore, we saw an ibis using its long, curved bill to search for crabs in the muddy sand. "En marchant le long du rivage, nous avons vu un ibis utiliser son long bec courbé pour chercher des crabes dans le sable boueux.animalbirdnatureorganismbiologyecologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading