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saddlebill [ˈsæd^əlˌbɪl]

(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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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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