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Ibis vs Curlew - What's the difference?

ibis | curlew |

As nouns the difference between ibis and curlew

is that ibis is any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans while curlew is any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.

ibis

English

(wikipedia ibis)

Noun

  • Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
  • *
    • It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.

    Derived terms

    * Australian white ibis * sacred ibis * (straw-necked ibis)

    curlew

    English

    (rfimage) (wikipedia curlew)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.

    • Derived terms

    * bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis * eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis * Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis * Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata * little curlew, Numenius minutus * long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus * slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris

    See also

    * stone curlew