jabiru

jab·i·ru  (jb-r)

n.

A large tropical American stork (Jabiru mycteria) having white plumage with a pink band at the neck and a naked head.

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[Portuguese and American Spanish jabirú, from Tupi.]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jabiru - large mostly white Australian stork black-necked stork, policeman bird, Xenorhyncus asiaticus stork - 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 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, saddlebill 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 America Jabiru mycteria stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage genus Jabiru - jabirus