POLICEMAN BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does policeman bird mean? 

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

1. large mostly white Australian stork

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLICEMAN BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large mostly white Australian stork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

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

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

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

genus Xenorhyncus; Xenorhyncus (East Indian and Australian storks)