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.

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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

Example Sentences

He reminds me of the park’s mascot, the jabiru, a lanky stork common along the Araguaia River.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2015

The jabiru stork heard it, and craned its featherless neck to stare downward through beady eyes.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Bates, Harry

Like most of the birds whose necks are bald, the jabiru is a useful scavenger, and so is tolerated in the haunts of men.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Bates, Harry

The most notable dinner guests were the great jabiru storks; the stately creatures dotted the marsh.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore

It beached, and the jabiru heard a sudden dense silence fall.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Bates, Harry