Mycteria

Mycteria
noun
a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
Syn: ↑genus Mycteria
Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiidae, ↑family Ciconiidae
Member Meronyms: ↑wood ibis, ↑wood stork, ↑flinthead, ↑Mycteria americana

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\\mikˈtirēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek myktēr nostril, nose + New Latin -ia; akin to Greek myxa lampwick, nasal mucus — more at mucus
: a genus of storks now consisting only of the American wood ibis (M. americana)

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