Adjutant bird
a large indian stork, leptoptilus dubius, having a pinkish-brown neck and bill, a large naked pouch under the throat, and a military gait.
historical examples
moreover, where is his authority for representing an adjutant bird as an ordinary london fowl?
a bayard from bengal hurry bungsho jabberjee
i knew him at once to be an adjutant bird—the chief of fishermen.
in the eastern seas w.h.g. kingston
the adjutant bird is a stork which has acquired the habits of the vulture.
birds of the plains douglas dewar
noun
either of two large carrion-eating storks, leptoptilos dubius or l. javanicus, which are closely related and similar to the marabou and occur in s and se asia
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