jabiru
NounSynonyms:
policeman birdblack-necked storkXenorhyncus asiaticussaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisJabiru mycteria
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Noun (3)
- large mostly white Australian storkSynonyms: policeman birdblack-necked storkXenorhyncus asiaticusType of storkMember of Xenorhyncus, genus Xenorhyncus
- large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middleSynonyms: saddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisType of storkMember of Ephippiorhynchus, genus Ephippiorhynchus
- large white stork of warm regions of the world especially AmericaSynonyms: Jabiru mycteriaType of storkMember of genus Jabiru
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Jab′i·ru noun
Origin: Braz. jabirú, jaburú.
Zoology One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
☞ The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana) is white, with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East Indian and Australian (Xenorhynchus Australis) has the neck, head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria Senegalensis or Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also saddle-billed stork.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54