| slovo | definícia |
Ephippiorhynchus Senegalensis
(gcide) | Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zool.)
One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria
and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana) is white,
with the head and neck black and nearly bare of
feathers. The East Indian and Australian ({Xenorhynchus
Australis}) has the neck, head, and back covered with
glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to
purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria Senegalensis or
Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head,
wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also
saddle-billed stork.
[1913 Webster] |
ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
(wn) | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
n 1: large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red
bill has a black band around the middle [syn: saddlebill,
jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Ephippiorhynchus Senegalensis
(gcide) | Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zool.)
One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria
and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana) is white,
with the head and neck black and nearly bare of
feathers. The East Indian and Australian ({Xenorhynchus
Australis}) has the neck, head, and back covered with
glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to
purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria Senegalensis or
Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head,
wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also
saddle-billed stork.
[1913 Webster] |
ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
(wn) | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
n 1: large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red
bill has a black band around the middle [syn: saddlebill,
jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis] |
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