Definitions for jabiruˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jab•i•ruˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru(n.)(pl.)rus.

  1. a very large white stork, Jabiru mycteria, of America.

    Category: Ornithology

Origin of jabiru:

1640–50; < Pg < Tupi jabirú

Princeton's WordNet

  1. policeman bird, black-necked stork, jabiru, Xenorhyncus asiaticus(noun)

    large mostly white Australian stork

  2. saddlebill, jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis(noun)

    large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

  3. jabiru, Jabiru mycteria(noun)

    large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

Wiktionary

  1. jabiru(Noun)

    A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jabiru(noun)

    one of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits


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