What is "jabiru"

Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zo["o]l.) One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.

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.

n. A species of bird ''Jabiru mycteria'' in the monotypic genus ''Jabiru'', of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.

1. n. large mostly white Australian stork [syn: policeman bird, black-necked stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus]

2. large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle [syn: saddlebill, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis]

3. large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America [syn: Jabiru mycteria]

The jabiru ( or ; ) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru. The name comes from a Tupi–Guaraní language and means "swollen neck".

Jabiru is a kind of stork, Jabiru mycteria, found in the Americas. The term may also refer to:

• Jabiru Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer in Australia
• Jabiru J430, an Australian light aircraft
• Jabiru, Northern Territory, a town in Australia
• Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), found in Asia and called jabiru in Australia
• Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) of sub-Saharan Africa, sometimes called jabiru
• Jabiru, a British Jaguar (rocket) used for research from 1960 to 1964

• Jabiru, an instant-messaging client for Android smartphones which implements the Jabber protocol
• Jaburu, an alternate spelling used as a tribe name in Survivor: The Amazon