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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 jab·i·ru /ˌʒæbəˈru/
 鸛屬大涉禽之一種

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jab·i·ru n.  Zool. One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
 Note:The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana) is white, with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East Indian and Australian (Xenorhynchus Australis) has the neck, head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria Senegalensis or Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also saddle-billed stork.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 jabiru
      n 1: large mostly white Australian stork [syn: policeman bird,
           black-necked stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus]
      2: large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill
         has a black band around the middle [syn: saddlebill, Ephippiorhynchus
         senegalensis]
      3: large white stork of warm regions of the world especially
         America [syn: Jabiru mycteria]