jabiru
Americannoun
noun
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a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria , with a dark naked head and a dark bill
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Also called: black-necked stork. policeman bird. a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus , having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
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another name for saddlebill
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(not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis
Etymology
Origin of jabiru
1640–50; < Portuguese < Tupi jabirú
Example Sentences
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He reminds me of the park’s mascot, the jabiru, a lanky stork common along the Araguaia River.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2015
He did so, whereupon one young jabiru hastily opened its wings in the desired fashion, at the same time seizing the stick in its bill!
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore
A jabiru stork stood on one leg, beak on breast, meditating, caring nothing for all that was outside its ruminating mind.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
The jabiru, the largest bird in Guiana, feeds in the marshy savanna through which you have just passed.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
This was the jabiru, a species which is fast disappearing, the gigantic crane of the English colonies.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules
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