jabiru noun. ['dʒabɪru:] L18.
[Tupi-Guarani jabirú, from j (demonstr.) that which has + abirú swollen (with ref. to the large neck of the jabiru (sense 1)): cf. Portuguese jaburu.]
1. A large white stork, Ephippiorhynchus mycteria, of tropical and subtropical America. Also jabiru stork. L18.

2. Either of two other storks of the genus Ephippiorhynchus, (a) the black-necked stork, E. asiaticus, of SE Asia and Australia, and (b) the saddlebill stork, E. senegalensis, of Africa. L18.

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