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jabiru (JAB-uh-roo, jab-uh-ROO) - n., a large tropical New World stork (Jabiru mycteria; (Australia) the Asian black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus).
The two are closely related, and both have white plumage and a naked black neck. The first is found throughout the Americas from Mexico south, except west of the Andes. The name arrived around 1640 via Portuguese jabirú, from the Tupí-Guarani name for the bird, literally "swollen [neck]."
---L.
The two are closely related, and both have white plumage and a naked black neck. The first is found throughout the Americas from Mexico south, except west of the Andes. The name arrived around 1640 via Portuguese jabirú, from the Tupí-Guarani name for the bird, literally "swollen [neck]."
---L.
