sacred ibis

English

In Ethiopia

Wikispecies

Noun

sacred ibis (plural sacred ibis or sacred ibises)

1. Threskiornis aethiopicus, a species of wading bird of the ibis 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.
   • 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:

     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.

Synonyms

• African sacred ibis

Translations

Threskiornis aethiopicus

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: ցեծ (cʻec)

• Catalan: ibis sagrat africà m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及聖䴉／埃及圣鹮 (Āijí shènghuán)

• Dutch: heilige ibis (nl) m
• Finnish: pyhäiibis (fi)
• Ottoman Turkish: مصر طورنه‌سی (Mısır turnası), ییلانجیل (yılancıl)
• Russian: свяще́нный и́бис (ru) m (svjaščénnyj íbis)
• Spanish: ibis sagrado m
• Swedish: helig ibis (sv) c
• Turkish: Mısır turnası (tr)