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flint⋅head

  [flint-hed]
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–noun
the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
Origin:
1790–1800, for an earlier sense; flint + head
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flint·head   (flĭnt'hěd')   
n.  See wood ibis.
wood ibis  
n.  Any of several large, mainly white wading birds of the subfamily Mycteriinae, related to and resembling the storks, especially the New World species Mycteria americana, which inhabits wooded areas of tropical and subtropical America. Also called flinthead, wood stork.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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