Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jabiru"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several large wading birds of the genera {Mycteria}
and {Xenorhynchus}, allied to the storks in form and habits.
Note: The American jabiru ({Mycteria Americana}) is white,
with the head and neck black and nearly bare of
feathers. The East Indian and Australian ({Xenorhynchus
Australis}) has the neck, head, and back covered with
glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to
purple. The African jabiru ({Mycteria, or
Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis}) has the neck, head,
wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also
{saddle-billed stork}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jabiru
n 1: large mostly white Australian stork [syn: {policeman bird},
{black-necked stork}, {Xenorhyncus asiaticus}]
2: large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill
has a black band around the middle [syn: {saddlebill}, {Ephippiorhynchus
senegalensis}]
3: large white stork of warm regions of the world especially
America [syn: {Jabiru mycteria}]
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