Jabiru : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Jabiru	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jabiru n large mostly white Australian stork [syn: policeman bird, black-necked stork, jabiru, Xenorhyncus asiaticus] large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle Synonym(s): saddlebill, jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America Synonym(s): jabiru, Jabiru mycteria
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jabiru \Jab"iru\, n. [Braz. jabir[a3], jabur[a3].] (Zo[94]l.) One of several large wading birds of the genera {Mycteria} and {Xenorhynchus}, allied to the storks in form and habits. Note: 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, [or] Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis}) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also {saddle-billed stork}.