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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)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.