Adjutant bird
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, native to India and Southeast Asia.
"When he recovered sufficiently to articulate, Bunson had stalked away, and Quin was regarding him benignly, like an adjutant bird who had just concluded an interesting experiment on a worm."
- 2 large Indian stork with a military gait wordnet
Example
More examples"When he recovered sufficiently to articulate, Bunson had stalked away, and Quin was regarding him benignly, like an adjutant bird who had just concluded an interesting experiment on a worm."