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waldrapp

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waldrapp /ˈwɔːldrap /
noun an ibis with a bare red head and mainly dark metallic green plumage, now breeding only in Morocco.
Geronticus eremita, family Threskiornithidae. Alternative names: hermit ibis, bald ibis.
– ORIGIN 1920s: from German, from Wald forest + Rapp, variant of Rabe raven.