jab·i·ru (j b  -r  )n. A large tropical American stork (Jabiru mycteria) having white plumage with a pink band at the neck and a naked head. [Portuguese and American Spanish jabirú, from Tupi.] |
jabiru [ˈdʒæbɪˌruː]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for saddlebill
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis
[via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  jabiru - large mostly white Australian storkstork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage genus 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 middle stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage Ephippiorhynchus, genus Ephippiorhynchus - saddlebills | |
| 3. |  jabiru - large white stork of warm regions of the world especially Americastork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage genus Jabiru - jabirus |
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