n. 1. A large stork (Jabiru mycteria) of South and Central America and Mexico, having white plumage with a pink band at the neck and a naked head. 2. See black-necked stork. 3. See saddle-billed stork. [Portuguese and American Spanish jabirú, from Tupí.] |
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