Found 2 items, similar to Jabiru.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: jabiru
jabiru
n 1: large mostly white Australian stork [syn:
policeman bird,
black-necked stork,
Xenorhyncus asiaticus]
2: large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill
has a black band around the middle [syn:
saddlebill,
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
]
3: large white stork of warm regions of the world especially
America [syn:
Jabiru mycteria]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jabiru
Jabiru
\Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several large wading birds of the genera
Mycteria
and
Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American jabiru (
Mycteria Americana) is white,
with the head and neck black and nearly bare of
feathers. The East Indian and Australian (
Xenorhynchus Australis
) has the neck, head, and back covered with
glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to
purple. The African jabiru (
Mycteria Senegalensis or
Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head,
wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also
saddle-billed stork.
[1913 Webster]