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   Xenorhyncus
         n 1: East Indian and Australian storks [syn: {Xenorhyncus},
               {genus Xenorhyncus}]

English Dictionary: Xenorhyncus asiaticus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Xenorhyncus asiaticus
n
  1. large mostly white Australian stork [syn: policeman bird, black-necked stork, jabiru, Xenorhyncus asiaticus]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, 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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xenurine \Xe*nu"rine\, n. [Gr. xe`nos strange + [?] tail.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A cabassou.
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