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saddlebill

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saddlebill [ˈsædəlˌbɪl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large black-and-white stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, of tropical Africa, having a heavy red bill with a black band around the middle and a yellow patch at the base Also called jabiru
[C19 (as saddle-bill stork): so called because of the appearance of its bill]
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Noun1.saddlebill - large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, jabiru
stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
Ephippiorhynchus, genus Ephippiorhynchus - saddlebills


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