ibex 
when viewed together from the front a resemblance to a 
lyre ; each horn is compressed, and keeled in front. See 
cegagrus. 
2. [.cap.'] A genus of ibexes, or a subgenus 
of Capra. 
ibid. An abbreviation of ibidem. 
Ibidaa (i'bi-de), n.pl. [NL.] Same as Ibididce. 
ibidem (i-bi'dem), adv. [L., in the same place, 
< ibi, there (< ('-, pronominal root as in i-s, that, 
he (see he 1 ), + -bi, dat. or locative ending as in 
ti-bi: see bi- 1 , be- 1 , by l ),+ -dcm, a demonstrative 
suffix as in i-dem, the same, etc.] In the same 
place ; at the place or in the book already men- 
tioned: used in order to avoid the repetition 
of references. Commonly abbreviated to ibid. 
or ib. 
Ibides (5'bi-dez), n.pl. [L., pi. of Ibis, q. v.] 
A series of altricial grallatorial birds, a sub- 
order of Herodiimes or l'elargoiorpk(e, corre- 
sponding to the Hemiglottides of Nitzsch, and 
composed of the two families Ibididce and Pla- 
tnld'idai, or the ibises and spoonbills. They have 
a schizorhinal skull, with produced and recurved man- 
dibular angle ; a sternum double-notched on each side ; 
the carotids double; two normal intestinal ceeca; an ex- 
tremely small tongue ; an ambiens muscle ; a tufted oil- 
gland; nopulviplumes; tarsi reticulate (rarely scutellate); 
the hallux not completely insistent; the middle claw 
scarcely or not at all pectinate ; and the sides of the upper 
mandible deeply grooved for its whole length. The Ibides 
are one of three series of Herudiones, the others being the 
Herotlii proper, or herons, and theCV'co/iwe, or storks. The 
genera and species are numerous. Also Ibviides. 
Ibididae (i-bid'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Ibis (Ibid-) 
+ -idtv.~\ One of two families of Ibides, of the 
order Herodiones; the ibises. They have a long, 
slender, subcylindric, and decurved bill, deeply grooved on 
the sides of the upper mandible, and resembling a cur- 
lew's. There are about 24 species, differing much in minor 
details of structure, so that they have been made types of 
almost as many genera. See ibis. Also Ibidce. 
Ibidides (i-bid'i-dez), n. pi. Same as Ibides. 
ibidine (i'bi-din), a. [< L. ibis (ibid-) + -ine^.} 
Having the character of an ibis ; of or pertain- 
ing to the Ibides. Encijc. Brit., III. 713. 
IbidorhyncllUS (i'bi-do-ring'kus), n. [NL.,< Gr. 
Z/3<f (i/3io-), ibis, + puyxw, bill.] A notable genus 
of curlews, of the family Scolopacidoe: so called 
from the likeness of the bill to that of an ibis. 
/. stiiithersi of Asia is the only species. G. R. 
Gray, 1844. Originally written Ibidorhyncha. 
N. A. Vigors, 1831. 
ibigau, ibijau (ib'i-gou, -jou), n. The native 
name of the earth-eater, giant night-jar, or 
grand goatsucker of South America, Nyctibitis 
grandis, a bird of the family Caprimulgidte. See 
Kyctibius. 
-ibility. The termination of abstract nouns 
formed in -ity from adjectives in -ible, as in 
credibility, legibility, etc., from credible, legible, 
etc. It is properly the double suffix -bility, with 
a preceding original or euphonic vowel i-. Com- 
pare -ability, and see -bility. 
ibis (i'bis), n. [= F. Sp. Pg. ibis = It. ibi, < L. 
ibis, < Gr. J/3<f, ibis; of Egyptian origin.] 1. 
A bird of the family Ibididce, or of the genus 
Ibis in a wide sense. There are about 24 species, of 
numerous modern genera, chiefly inhabitants of the lakes 
and swamps of the warmer parts of the glol)e. They re- 
semble herons, storks, and other large altricial gralla- 
torial birds. They feed on fish, reptiles, and other animals, 
chiefly aquatic, nest on the ground or in trees or bushes, 
lay a few eggs of a uniform color, and rear their young in 
the nest. The most notable species, and the one to which 
the name ibix appears originally to have been given, is 
the sacred ibis of Egypt and other parts of Africa (Ibis 
2965 
ice 
is the most nearly cosmopolitan species, Inhabiting chiefly and inserted on ahypogynous disk ; and a 1-celled, 2-seeded 
the old world but straying to North America, and reaching ovary. They are evergreen shrubs, with ascending or climb- 
cold-temperate latitudes in both hemispheres. Itisirides- ing branches and smooth leaves. Three or four species 
cent with green and black, varied by opaque dark-chestnut only are known, natives of tropical Africa, 
tints. The white-faced glossy ibis, Ibis guarauna, is a IcacinaceaB (i-kas-1-na' se-e), n.pl. [NL., < 
related species abundant in warm parts of America, and Jcacina + -ace<E.~\ An order of plants, the gen- 
^SJj^M^ttt^rnliabitaS'he^uth'ern v'lilted'statesl era of which are now referred to the Olai-im". 
where It isknown'as the Spanish cnrletr. Theplumageof tribe Icacineai. See Icatinem. 
the adult is pure white, with black-tipped wings. Asplen- Icacineae (i-ka-sin'e-e), n.pl. [NL., < Icaotnct 
did species of tropical and subtropical America is the scar- + ^ -i A ^^ o j< p l an t s of the natural order 
^^S^S^'^S^^^^- ^"^tyvinedby'thegenustoa^. The .mem- 
sent equally notable characters; as the Australian straw- bers are evergreen trees and shrubs, and are not ( kn 
necked ibis \O-ronticwi or Otor^UMi t,AnwMi), the Afri- to be of any special use. They are natives of the tropical 
can (Gcnmticus (Ilagedashia) hagedasK), the white Japa- . and subtropical regions of the old world 
neee(Geronticus(Sipponia)nippon\etc. 1CECO (i-kak'o), n. [bp. Amer.] Ihe cocoa- 
2. [cap.'] [NL.] The leading genus of the family plum, Clirynobalanus Icaco, a native of Florida 
Ibiiliila, formerly more than coextensive with and the West Indies. It is a shrub 4 to 6 feet high, 
the family, but successively restricted to vsri- *,$*** l f y&"t^t?S; 
ous generic types of ibises. Its current uses are now , n the Spaui h We8t Indian co ionies. 
wSlK^ 
..hich the scarlet ibis is the type. Modern genera which 
have been detached from the old genus Ibis are Falcinel- 
his of Bechstein, Geronticm, Eutlocimun, Harpiprion, The- 
risticus, Phimasux, Cercibis of Wagler, Thredciurnis of G. 
R. Gray, Pseudibis of Hodgson, Hagedashia of Bonaparte, 
Leucibix, Carphibis, Lophutibis, Coinatibis, ^folypbdt^pha 
nus, Bostrychia, Nipponia of Keichenbach, and others. 
3. Some bird like an ibis, or supposed to be an 
ibis, as a wood-ibis or wood-stork. See Tanta- 
linte. 
Ibla (ib'la), n. [NL.] A genus of cirripeds of 
the order thoracica and family Pollicipedidce. 
It is related to Scalpellvm ; in both genera some species 
are dioecious, while others present the unique combination 
of males with hermaphrodites. 
Iblees, n. See Eblis. 
Iblidae (ib'li-de), n. pi. [NL., < Ibla + -ida;.] 
A family of cirripeds, named from the genus 
Ibla. Originally written Ibladce. W.E.Leacli, 
1825. 
Ibycter (i-bik'ter), n. [NL., < Gr. i^KTr/p, in 
Cretan, one who begins a war-song.] A South 
tion, usually equivalent to the simple -ic, as 
hysteric, hysterical, but often slightly differen- 
tiated, as in comic, comic-al, historic, historic-al, 
politic, politic-al. When the form in -ic is used chiefly 
_ - , , music-al, logic, logic-al, politics, politic-al, etc. 
Adverbs formed from adjectives regularly ending in -ic, 
but which may have -ical, regularly take -al- before -ly : 
as, yraphic, graphic-al-ly; intrinsic, intrinsic-al-ly. See 
(i-ka'ri-an), a. and n. [< L. Icarius, 
Gr. 'iKapiof, pertaining to Icarus (L. Icaria, Gr. 
'luapia, Icaria), < *I/capof , Icarus in Greek legend, 
a son of Daedalus: see def.] I. a. 1. Pertaining 
or relating to Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who, 
to escape the wrath of Minos, is fabled in Greek 
legend to have fled from Crete with his father 
on wings fastened on with wax. In defiance of his 
father's warning, he flew too high; the sun melted the 
, -. , 
A Tnpi-innn ITBTIIIS of vnltvrririe hn wks of the sub- wax - and ne fel1 into the -*te ean 8ea . between the Cyclades 
American genus < urine nawKS, or. ine BUU and e hence known ftg tn(j Icarlan gea . heuce appl ied 
familv Polybonnce, family Faleontdce, having the ^ ,,, foolhardy or presumptuous exploit or enterprise. 
nostrils circular, the head partly denuded, the 
Ibycter amcricamts. 
tail normal, and the coloration chiefly black, it 
is related to Daptrius, Milvago, Senex, and Phalcoboenu*. 
The type is the so-called gallinaceous eagle, Falco aquili- 
nus, now called rbycler americanus, which is black, with 
white abdomen and thighs, eyes and bare parts of head red, 
and blue cere; its length is about 19 j inches. (ViMlot, 
Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornith. (1816), p. 22.) Bymnops is 
a synonym. Also written Ibicter. Kaup, 1845. 
High-bred thoughts disdain to take their flight, 
But on th' Icarian wings of babbling fame. 
Quarles, Emblems, i. 9. 
2. (a) Relating to Icarus or Icaria, now Nika- 
ria, an island in the Icarian sea, near Samps. 
(6) Of or relating to Icaria, a deme of Attica 
occupying a valley behind Pentelicus, noted 
as the home of Thespis, the reputed founder 
of Greek tragedy, and as the traditional birth- 
place of the drama and of the cult of Dionysus 
m Attica. 3. Pertaining or relating to learia, 
an imaginary country where an ideally perfect 
communism prevailed, described in the work 
"Voyage to Icaria" ( Voyage en /cane),publish- 
ed by the French communist Etienne Cabet in 
1840; pertaining or relating to the principles 
set forth in this work. An Icaria was established by 
Cabet and a few hundred followers in 1849 at Nauvoo in 
Illinois (after a failure in Texas in 1848), which, after some 
dissensions and divisions, was removed to Adams county, 
Iowa, in 1857. Another community was established in So- 
noma county, California, in 1881, under the name of Ica- 
ria-Speranza. Their number has always been small. 
The Icarian system is as nearly as possible a pure de- 
mocracy. The president, elected for a year, is simply an 
executive officer to do the will of the majority. 
Nvrdho/, Communistic Societies of the U. S. 
II. n. 1. An inhabitant of Icaria. 2. A 
follower of the communist Cabet; a settler in 
an Icarian commune. 
The fcarians reject Christianity ; but they have adopted 
religiosa), an object of veneration among the old Egyptians, -; 
consisting of the stem-vowel -i- (original or sup- 
Nordhoff, Communistic Societies of the U. S. 
r-i- - / T 
Latin or Greek origin, very common in adjec- 
tives taken from Latin or Greek, as in public, 
metallic, etc., and also much used in modern 
formations, as artistic, electric, etc. Such words, 
derived from or modeled upon Latin or Greek adjectives, 
may be also or exclusively nouns, as public, mystic, Inffic, 
music. In Middle English this termination was usually . r . T, / T>--I o.., 
written -it or -ike; and from an early period down to the ICaryt, n. [< Russ. tkra, dial, tiro (= Pol. berv. 
nineteenth century the form -ick (claimck, critick, nauiek, OBulg. ikra = Bohem. jlkra = Lith. tkrat = 
elhicks, mathematicks, etc.) was used, some dictionaries Lett, ikra = Hung, ikra), roe, caviar.] Caviar. 
retaining it tUl about 1840. 
2. In Chem., a sufrix denoting a higher state 
of oxidation than the termination -ous, &s ferric 
hydrate, distinguished from ferrous hydrate, 
phosphoric anhydrid distinguished fronphos- 
rian, a., 3), and advocated by him. 
The apostles of Icarianism should, like Christ, whose 
principles they were only carrying out, convert the world 
by teaching, preaching, writing, discussing, persuading, 
and by setting good examples. 
R. T. Ely, French and German Socialism, p. 50. 
kindf) mak(J 
8tor e of /corj/ or Caueary. HaHuyt; Vvyayei, I. 479. 
^ t^ ,, r . a .^i^n^.fifni, ri,n,, 
- An obsolete spellmgofjicA. Chaucer. 
Sacred Ibis of Egypt ( Ibis reiifftosat. 
f requently mummified after death, and represented in pic- 
tographs upon their monuments. It is about 2 feet long ; 
the plumage is white and black ; the naked head, bill, 
and feet are black. The glossy, bay, or black ibis (Ibis 
falcinellvf, FaMnellue igneus, Plegadis falcinellui, etc.) 
spelled with c as if of F. ori- 
stamens with filiform filaments, alternate with the petals, nection with iron, AS. tseit, tsern = Goth, et- 
