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glossy ibis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Plegadis falcinellus, a medium-sized wading bird with a long, decurved bill.

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  • Catalan: capó reial — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Catalan: ibis negre — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Catalan: picaport — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彩䴉 /彩鹮 (cǎihuán) — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Czech: ibis hnědý — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Dhivehi: ކަޅު ބުޅިތުންބި (kaḷu buḷitun̊bi) — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Dutch: zwarte ibis — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Finnish: pronssi-iibis — Plegadis falcinellus
  • French: Ibis falcinelle — Plegadis falcinellus
  • German: Brauner Sichler — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Hungarian: batla — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Icelandic: bognefur — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Italian: mignattaio — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Japanese: ブロンズトキ (buronzutoki) — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Maltese: velleran — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Portuguese: íbis-preta — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Romanian: țigănuș — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Russian: каравайка (karavajka) — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Spanish: morito común — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Swedish: bronsibis — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Turkish: bayağı aynak — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Turkish: çeltikçi — Plegadis falcinellus
  • Ukrainian: коровайка (korovajka) — Plegadis falcinellus