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Meanings of adjutant bird in English

Large Indian stork with a military gait.

        Usage of adjutant bird in English
        1
        I knew him at once to be an adjutant bird-thechief of fishermen.
        In the Eastern Seas
        2
        For the so-called adjutant bird see JABIRU.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        3
        "' Adjutant Bird,'" Janet read presently from a legend on one of the compartments of a cage devoted to birds, and surveying the somewhat dissolute occupant.
        Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill