Jabiru
Pronunciation of Jabiru
/d͡ʒˈabəɹˌuː/, /dʒˈabəɹˌuː/, /dʒ_ˈa_b_ə_ɹ_ˌuː/
Synonyms for jabiru:
animal (noun)
jabiru (noun)
Ephippiorhynchus Senegalensis, policeman bird, black-necked stork, Jabiru Mycteria, saddlebill, Xenorhyncus Asiaticus.
Jabiru mycteria
Xenorhyncus asiaticus
Usage examples for jabiru:
- The jabiru, the largest bird in Guiana, feeds in the marshy savanna through which you have just passed. - "Wanderings in South America", Charles Waterton.
- It would have been as silent as midnight, and all as still and unmoved as a monument had not the jabiru in the marsh, and a few vultures soaring over the mountain's top, shown that it was not quite deserted by animated nature. - "Wanderings in South America", Charles Waterton.