hadeda

English

Alternative forms

• hadada, hadedah

Etymology

Imitative of its call.

Noun

hadeda (plural hadedas)

1. The hadada ibis.
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 204:

     A small formation of hadedahs, four or five of them, flew past overhead, shrieking their wild death-cries across the valley.

Translations

hadada ibis — see hadada ibis