jabiru Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun large mostly white Australian stork
policeman bird; Xenorhyncus asiaticus; black-necked stork.
noun large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle
saddlebill; Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis.
noun large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America
Jabiru mycteria.

Braz. jabirú, jaburú.

(Zoöl.) One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits. ✍ 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, ∨ Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also saddle-billed stork.