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Iberia
Iberian
Iberian Peninsula
iberis
ibex
Ibibio
ibid.
ibidem
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Ibizan hound
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ibotenic acid
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ibis
i·bis [ biss ] (plural i·bis·es or i·bis)


noun 
Definition:
 
tropical wading bird: a gregarious wading bird with a downward-curving beak. Native to: warm climates.  Family Threskiornithidae.
[14th century. Via Latin< Egyptian hbj]
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