| 单词 | adjutant bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadjutant bird adjutant bird n. = adjutant stork n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ciconiidae (stork) > leptoptilos dubius (adjutant) adjutant1798 adjutant bird1809 adjutant crane1815 adjutant stork1820 1809 Crit. Rev. 18 257 In their profession of scavengers, the kites and crows are assisted during the day by the adjutant bird. 1880 Daily Tel. 28 Oct. The adjutant-bird and the black turkey buzzard. 1970 A. Hoogerwerf Udjung Kulon 443 Leptoptilos javanicus (Horsfield)—Lesser Adjutant Bird. 2008 S. Butler Bangladesh (Lonely Planet) (ed. 6) 93/2 Birds found here include snipes,..golden eagles and the madan-tak (adjutant bird), which always looks worried and dejected. < as lemmas |
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