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
The jabiru stork heard it, and craned its featherless neck to stare downward through beady eyes.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Harry Bates
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 H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
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 Theodore Roosevelt
A great jabiru stork let us ride by him a hundred and fifty yards off without thinking it worth while to take flight.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
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