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jab·i·ru J0001300 (jăb′ə-ro͞o′)n.1. A large stork (Jabiru mycteria) of South and Central America and Mexico, having white plumage with a pink band at the neck and a naked head.2. See black-necked stork.3. See saddle-billed stork. [Portuguese and American Spanish jabirú, from Tupí.]jabiru (ˈdʒæbɪˌruː) n1. (Animals) a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill2. (Animals) Also called: black-necked stork or policeman bird a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs3. (Animals) another name for saddlebill4. (Animals) (not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis[C18: via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani]jab•i•ru (ˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru) n., pl. rus. a very large white stork, Jabiru mycteria, of America. [1640–50; < Portuguese < Tupi jabirú] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | jabiru - large mostly white Australian storkblack-necked stork, policeman bird, Xenorhyncus asiaticusstork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumagegenus Xenorhyncus, Xenorhyncus - East Indian and Australian storks | | 2. | jabiru - large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middleEphippiorhynchus senegalensis, saddlebillstork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumageEphippiorhynchus, genus Ephippiorhynchus - saddlebills | | 3. | jabiru - large white stork of warm regions of the world especially AmericaJabiru mycteriastork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumagegenus Jabiru - jabirus |
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jabiru: see storkstork, common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. ..... Click the link for more information. .Jabiru (Jabiru mycleria), a bird of the family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes. The jabiru measures approximately 1.5 m in length; the legs, neck, and beak are long. The plumage is black and white. The jabiru is found from Mexico to Argentina. It lives in wet, swampy places and builds large nests, usually in tall palm trees. The bird feeds on fish, amphibians, and mollusks. jabiru1. a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill 2. a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs 3. another name for saddlebill4. another name for wood ibisjabiruenUK
Synonyms for jabirunoun large mostly white Australian storkSynonyms- black-necked stork
- policeman bird
- Xenorhyncus asiaticus
Related Words- stork
- genus Xenorhyncus
- Xenorhyncus
noun large black-and-white stork of tropical AfricaSynonyms- Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- saddlebill
Related Words- stork
- Ephippiorhynchus
- genus Ephippiorhynchus
noun large white stork of warm regions of the world especially AmericaSynonymsRelated Words |