jabiru

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

jabiru

/ ˈdʒæbɪˌruː /

a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria , with a dark naked head and a dark bill
Also calledblack-necked storkpoliceman bird a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus , having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
See saddlebill
another name for saddlebill
See wood ibis
not in ornithological usage another name for wood ibis

Origin of jabiru¹

1640–50; < Portuguese < Tupi jabirú

Origin of jabiru¹

C18: via Portuguese from Tupi-Guarani

The jabiru, the largest bird in Guiana, feeds in the marshy savanna through which you have just passed.

A jabiru stork stood on one leg, beak on breast, meditating, caring nothing for all that was outside its ruminating mind.

Turkish root, jabiru, all were curiously better than the stuffy domestics he had come to know.

A row of chocolate babies stood outside that nest, with four jabiru storks among them.

The jabiru was about forty feet above the water and had a clear view of the stream.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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