English-Thai Dictionary
jabiru
N นก ตะกรุม ขนาดใหญ่ พวก Jabiru mycteria พบ ใน ทวีปอเมริกา เขตร้อน
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
JABIRU
n.An aquatic fowl of the crane kind. The Jabiru is the Mycteria Americana. It resembles the stork.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
JABIRU
Jab "i *ru, n. Etym: [Braz. jabirú, jaburú.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
Note: The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana ) is white, with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East Indian and Australian (Xenorhynchus Australis ) has the neck, head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria, or Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis ) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also saddle-billed stork.
New American Oxford Dictionary
jabiru
jab i ru |ˈjabəˌro͞o ˈʤæbəru |(also jabiru stork ) ▶noun a large Central and South American stork with a black neck, mainly white plumage, and a large black upturned bill. [Jabiru mycteria, family Ciconiidae. ] • either of two related storks found in Asia, Australasia, and Africa. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Tupi-Guarani jabirú, from j ‘that which has ’ + abirú ‘swollen ’ (suggested by the bird's large neck ).
Oxford Dictionary
jabiru
jabiru |ˈdʒabɪruː | ▶noun a large Central and South American stork with a black neck, mainly white plumage, and a large black upturned bill. ●Jabiru mycteria, family Ciconiidae. • either of two related storks found in Asia, Australasia, and Africa. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Tupi-Guarani jabirú, from j ‘that which has ’ + abirú ‘swollen ’ (suggested by the bird's large neck ).
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