flinthead

flint·head

 (flĭnt′hĕd′)
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flinthead

(ˈflɪntˌhɛd)
n
(Animals) a type of large American wading bird, Mycteria Americana, similar to the stork. Also called: wood ibis or wood stork
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Noun1.flinthead - an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved billflinthead - an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
genus Mycteria, Mycteria - a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
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