sacred ibis en · NOUN
Meanings
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A wading bird of species Threskiornis aethiopicus, of the 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.
Mr. Poynter will probably contribute to the forthcoming Exhibition of the Royal Academy his picture of a damsel attached to the worship of Isis feeding the sacred ibides before the great temple at Karnac.
1871 March 4, “Fine-Art Gossip”, in The Athenæum: Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama, number 2262, London: John Francis, page 280:
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| sacred ibises | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sacred ibis | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (14)
tr Mısır turnası (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · ota مصر طورنهسی (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · xcl ցեծ (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · fi pyhäiibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · es ibis sagrado (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · tr yılancıl (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · cmn 埃及聖䴉 /埃及圣鹮 (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · fr ibis sacré (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · ca ibis sagrat africà (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · sv helig ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · ota ییلانجیل (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · ru свяще́нный и́бис (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · pl ibis czczony (Threskiornis aethiopicus) · nl heilige ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)