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\ nounUsage: 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)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.