noun1. a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill
2. Also called: black-necked stork, policeman birda large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
3. another name for saddlebill
4. (not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis
Word origin
C18: via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani