argalan.
/ˈɑːɡələ/, /ˈɑːɡl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈɑrɡələ/ Ornithology.
The adjutant-bird ( Ciconia argala), a gigantic species of stork inhabiting India.
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c1754 in E. Ives Voy. India (1773) 183 An extraordinary species of birds, called by the natives Argill or Hargill.
1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 156 The Argali or Adjutant.
1808 Orient. Field Sports I. 99 That cumbrous bird the argeelah.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 170 The African Marabou is less in size than the Indian Argala.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §449 The Adjutant Stork or Argala of India.
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