JABIRU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jabiru mean? 

• JABIRU (noun)
  The noun JABIRU has 3 senses:

1. large mostly white Australian stork

2. large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

3. large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

  Familiarity information: JABIRU used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JABIRU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large mostly white Australian stork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-necked stork; jabiru; policeman bird; Xenorhyncus asiaticus

Hypernyms ("jabiru" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("jabiru" is a member of...):

genus Xenorhyncus; Xenorhyncus (East Indian and Australian storks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis; jabiru; saddlebill

Hypernyms ("jabiru" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("jabiru" is a member of...):

Ephippiorhynchus; genus Ephippiorhynchus (saddlebills)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

jabiru; Jabiru mycteria

Hypernyms ("jabiru" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("jabiru" is a member of...):

genus Jabiru (jabirus)