ADJUTANT BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adjutant bird mean? 

• ADJUTANT BIRD (noun)
  The noun ADJUTANT BIRD has 1 sense:

1. large Indian stork with a military gait

  Familiarity information: ADJUTANT BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADJUTANT BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Indian stork with a military gait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

adjutant; adjutant bird; adjutant stork; Leptoptilus dubius

Hypernyms ("adjutant bird" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("adjutant bird" is a member of...):

genus Leptoptilus; Leptoptilus (adjutant birds and marabous)