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Sacred ibis   /sˈeɪkrəd ˈaɪbəs/   Listen
Sacred ibis

noun
1.
African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians.  Synonym: Threskiornis aethiopica.






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... the shields of heraldry or the hieroglyphics of the ancients, men have really succeeded in handing down those tremendous truths that are called truisms. If the chivalric lion be red and rampant, it is rigidly red and rampant; if the sacred ibis stands anywhere on one leg, it stands on one leg for ever. In this language, like a large animal alphabet, are written some of the first philosophic certainties of men. As the child learns A for Ass or B for Bull or C for Cow, so man has learnt here to ...
— Aesop's Fables • Aesop



Words linked to "Sacred ibis" :   genus Threskiornis, Threskiornis, ibis



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