jabiru

[ jab-uh-roo, jab-uh-roo ]

/ ˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru /

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noun

a large stork, Jabiru mycteria, of the warmer regions of the New World.

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Origin of jabiru

1640–50; <Portuguese <Tupi jabirú

Words nearby jabiru

Jabari, jabber, Jabberwocky, Jabir, Jabir ibn Hayyan, jabiru, Jaboatão, jaborandi, jabot, jaboticaba, Jabotinsky

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How to use jabiru in a sentence

The jabiru, the largest bird in Guiana, feeds in the marshy savanna through which you have just passed.
Wanderings in South America|Charles Waterton
A jabiru stork stood on one leg, beak on breast, meditating, caring nothing for all that was outside its ruminating mind.
The Sea and the Jungle|H. M. Tomlinson
Turkish root, jabiru, all were curiously better than the stuffy domestics he had come to know.
The Land of Look Behind|Paul Cameron Brown
A row of chocolate babies stood outside that nest, with four jabiru storks among them.
The Sea and the Jungle|H. M. Tomlinson

The jabiru was about forty feet above the water and had a clear view of the stream.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various

British Dictionary definitions for jabiru

jabiru

/ (ˈdʒæbɪˌruː) /

noun

a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill

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

another name for saddlebill

(not in ornithological usage) another name for wood ibis

Word Origin for jabiru

C18: via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani

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