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Meanings of adjutant bird in английском

Large Indian stork with a military gait.

Usage of adjutant bird in английском
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