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JABIRU

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

Synonyms:

jabiru; Jabiru mycteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("jabiru" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Holonyms ("jabiru" is a member of...):

genus Jabiru (jabirus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

Synonyms:

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis; jabiru; saddlebill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("jabiru" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Holonyms ("jabiru" is a member of...):

Ephippiorhynchus; genus Ephippiorhynchus (saddlebills)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large mostly white Australian stork

Synonyms:

black-necked stork; jabiru; policeman bird; Xenorhyncus asiaticus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("jabiru" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Holonyms ("jabiru" is a member of...):

genus Xenorhyncus; Xenorhyncus (East Indian and Australian storks)

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