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Ciconia
(gcide) | Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
1. (Zool.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of
the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the
African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn.
Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers
are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The
Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or {Leptoptilos
argala}) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]
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2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
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3. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but
capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin
fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the
feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.
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ciconia
(wn) | Ciconia
n 1: type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks [syn:
Ciconia, genus Ciconia] |
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Ciconia alba
(gcide) | Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,
Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a
vulture.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed
bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,
and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The
European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It
commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,
a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({Ciconia
nigra}) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
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Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru.
Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India
(Leptoptilos Javanica).
Giant stork, the adjutant.
Marabou stork. See Marabou. -- Saddle-billed stork, the
African jabiru. See Jabiru.
Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium;
-- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of
the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See
Pelargonium.
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Ciconia argala
(gcide) | Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to
help. See Aid.]
1. A helper; an assistant.
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2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the
colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
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Adjutant general
(a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army,
through whom the commanding general receives
communications and issues military orders. In the U.
S. army he is brigadier general.
(b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of
fathers, who resided with the general of the order,
each of whom had a province or country assigned to his
care.
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3. (Zool.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala),
a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane,
and by the native name argala. It is noted for its
serpent-destroying habits.
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Ciconia nigra
(gcide) | Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,
Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a
vulture.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed
bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,
and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The
European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It
commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,
a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({Ciconia
nigra}) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
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Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru.
Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India
(Leptoptilos Javanica).
Giant stork, the adjutant.
Marabou stork. See Marabou. -- Saddle-billed stork, the
African jabiru. See Jabiru.
Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium;
-- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of
the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See
Pelargonium.
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ciconia
(wn) | Ciconia
n 1: type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks [syn:
Ciconia, genus Ciconia] |
ciconia ciconia
(wn) | Ciconia ciconia
n 1: the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers
and a red bill [syn: white stork, Ciconia ciconia] |
ciconia nigra
(wn) | Ciconia nigra
n 1: Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below
[syn: black stork, Ciconia nigra] |
genus ciconia
(wn) | genus Ciconia
n 1: type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks [syn:
Ciconia, genus Ciconia] |
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