adjutant bird, stork
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) either of two large carrion-eating storks, Leptoptilos dubius or L. javanicus, which are closely related and similar to the marabou and occur in S and SE Asia
[so called for its supposedly military gait]
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| Noun | 1. |  adjutant bird - large Indian stork with a military gaitstork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus - adjutant birds and marabous |
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