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jab·i·ru

(jăb′ə-ro͞o′)

1. A large stork (Jabiru mycteria) of South and Central America and Mexico, having white plumage with a pink band at the neck and a naked head.

2. See black-necked stork.

3. See saddle-billed stork.

[Portuguese and American Spanish jabirú, from Tupí.]

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jabiru

(ˈdʒæbɪˌruː)

1. (Animals) a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill

2. (Animals) Also called: black-necked stork or policeman bird a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs

3. (Animals) another name for saddlebill

4. (Animals) (not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis

[C18: via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani]

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jab•i•ru

(ˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru)

n., pl. rus.

a very large white stork, Jabiru mycteria, of America.

[1640–50; < Portuguese < Tupi jabirú]

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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

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