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Definition of Argala

1. n. The adjutant bird.

Definition of Argala

1. Noun. the adjutant bird ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Argala

1. a type of stork [n -S] - See also: stork

Medical Definition of Argala

1. The adjutant bird. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Argala

Literary usage of Argala

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"The bill of the argala is enlarged in the middle, the culmen of the upper ... The back and wings of the argala are dull- black ; in the Mara- bou there is a ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"argala migratoria, Hodgson, lud. Rev. 1838, p. 503. ... Inhabits India and Malay countries ; never frequenting towns, like L. argala. ..."

3. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated by Edward Turner Bennett (1831)
"The African Marabou is smaller than the Indian argala, the former rarely exceeding five feet in height with its neck fully elongated, while the latter not ..."

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