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 Bates, Harry
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 Roosevelt, Theodore
In many catalogues, the word "albatross" stands for the jabiru, a nearly-exterminated species of giant stork, inhabiting South America.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
But the conspicuous and attractive bird was the stately jabiru stork.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore
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