jabiru

[ jab-uh-roo, jab-uh-roo ]

/ ˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru /

noun

a large stork, Jabiru mycteria, of the warmer regions of the New World.

Origin of jabiru

1640–50; <Portuguese <Tupi jabirú

Words nearby jabiru

Jabari, jabber, Jabberwocky, Jabir, Jabir ibn Hayyan, jabiru, Jaboatão, jaborandi, jabot, jaboticaba, Jabotinsky

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Example sentences from the Web for jabiru

The jabiru, the largest bird in Guiana, feeds in the marshy savanna through which you have just passed.
Wanderings in South America|Charles Waterton
Turkish root, jabiru, all were curiously better than the stuffy domestics he had come to know.
The Land of Look Behind|Paul Cameron Brown
A jabiru stork saw it from downstream, solemnly squatting on four eggs which eventually would perpetuate the race.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various
Like most of the birds whose necks are bald, the jabiru is a useful scavenger, and so is tolerated in the haunts of men.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various

It beached, and the jabiru heard a sudden dense silence fall.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various

British Dictionary definitions for jabiru

jabiru

/ (ˈdʒæbɪˌruː) /

noun

a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill

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

another name for saddlebill

(not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis

Word Origin for jabiru

C18: via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani

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单词	jabiru
释义	jabiru [ jab-uh-roo, jab-uh-roo ] / ˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru / noun a large stork, Jabiru mycteria, of the warmer regions of the New World. Origin of jabiru 1640–50; <Portuguese <Tupi jabirú Words nearby jabiru Jabari, jabber, Jabberwocky, Jabir, Jabir ibn Hayyan, jabiru, Jaboatão, jaborandi, jabot, jaboticaba, Jabotinsky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jabiru The jabiru, the largest bird in Guiana, feeds in the marshy savanna through which you have just passed. Wanderings in South America\|Charles Waterton Turkish root, jabiru, all were curiously better than the stuffy domestics he had come to know. The Land of Look Behind\|Paul Cameron Brown A jabiru stork saw it from downstream, solemnly squatting on four eggs which eventually would perpetuate the race. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930\|Various Like most of the birds whose necks are bald, the jabiru is a useful scavenger, and so is tolerated in the haunts of men. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930\|Various It beached, and the jabiru heard a sudden dense silence fall. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930\|Various British Dictionary definitions for jabiru jabiru / (ˈdʒæbɪˌruː) / noun a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill 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 another name for saddlebill (not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis Word Origin for jabiru C18: via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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