Australian white ibis

noun

Threskiornis molucca, a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which is widespread across much of Australia and has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill and black legs.

Meanings

nounAustralian white ibis (plural Australian white ibis or Australian white ibises)

plural Australian white ibises

  1. Threskiornis molucca, a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which is widespread across much of Australia and has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill and black legs.

    Synonyms: bin chicken

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThreskiornis molucca, a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which is widespread across much of Australia and has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill and black legs.

Translations

Arabic أبو منجل الأبيض الأسترالي
  • أبو منجل الأبيض الأستراليspecies of wading bird
Catalan ibis blanc australià
  • ibis blanc australiàspecies of wading bird
Chinese Mandarin 澳洲白䴉 /澳洲白鹮
  • 澳洲白䴉 /澳洲白鹮 (Àozhōu báihuán)species of wading bird
Dutch Australische witte ibis
  • Australische witte ibisspecies of wading bird
Esperanto Aŭstralia blanka ibiso
  • Aŭstralia blanka ibisospecies of wading bird
Finnish australianpyhäiibis
  • australianpyhäiibisspecies of wading bird
French bis à cou noir
  • bis à cou noirspecies of wading bird
German Molukkenibis
  • Molukkenibisspecies of wading bird
Hungarian malukui íbisz
  • malukui íbiszspecies of wading bird
Indonesian bis australia
  • bis australiaspecies of wading bird
Japanese オーストラリア黒朱鷺, 赤足黒朱鷺
  • オーストラリア黒朱鷺 (ōsutorariakurotoki)species of wading bird
  • 赤足黒朱鷺 (akaashikurotoki)species of wading bird
Korean 호주흰따오기
  • 호주흰따오기 (hojuhuinttaogi)species of wading bird
Lithuanian Australinis baltasis ibis
  • Australinis baltasis ibisspecies of wading bird
Persian اکراس سفید استرالیا
  • اکراس سفید استرالیاspecies of wading bird
Polish ibis czarnopióry
  • ibis czarnopióryspecies of wading bird
Portuguese íbis-branco-australiano
  • íbis-branco-australianospecies of wading bird
Russian молу́ккский и́бис
  • молу́ккский и́бис (molúkkskij íbis)species of wading bird
Swedish Australisk ibis
  • Australisk ibisspecies of wading bird
Vietnamese cò quăm trắng Australia
  • cò quăm trắng Australiaspecies of wading bird
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