| 单词 | lesser adjutant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslesser adjutant 3. Originally (more fully greater adjutant): a large stork of South and South-East Asia, Leptoptilos dubius, having a bare orange head, neck, and neck pouch, a massive bill, and grey and white plumage. Later also (in full lesser adjutant): the slightly smaller stork L. javanicus, of South (and formerly South-East) Asia, having black and white plumage and a bare grey neck and head.Like the related marabou stork of Africa (with which the greater adjutant was initially confused), both adjutants feed mainly on carrion; their stiff, marching gait is said to be the reason for the name. Both species are endangered. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ciconiidae (stork) > leptoptilos dubius (adjutant) adjutant1798 adjutant bird1809 adjutant crane1815 adjutant stork1820 1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 156 The Argali or Adjutant, or Gigantic Crane of Latham. 1857 S. Osborn Quedah ix. 110 The tall adjutant..a very king of fishing birds. 1906 F. Finn How to Know Indian Waders 14 This bird, often called the Hair-crested Stork or Lesser Adjutant, is considerably smaller than the Adjutant proper, and has no pouch. 1973 Auk 90 252 Also in this tribe are the Maribou and Adjutants, Leptoptilos, which exhibit swaying twig-grasping and are distinguished by features of the balancing posture. 1989 Green Mag. Oct. 62/1 Chan Sarun..believes that some of the birds that have become extinct or endangered in other areas of Asia still abound on the Great Lake including the Eastern Sarus crane, giant ibis, milky stork, greater adjutant, and the white-winged wood duck. 2006 Science 20 Oct. 404/1 Rare species such as the lesser adjutant—a black-and-white member of the stork family with a 2-meter wingspan. < as lemmas |
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