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jabiru

American  
[jab-uh-roo, jab-uh-roo] / ˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru /

noun

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

jabiru British  
/ ˈdʒæbɪˌruː /

noun

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

  2. 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

  3. another name for saddlebill

  4. (not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis

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Etymology

Origin of jabiru

1640–50; < Portuguese < Tupi jabirú

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