Definition of Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

1. Noun. Large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle.

Exact synonyms: Jabiru, Saddlebill
Generic synonyms: Stork
Group relationships: Ephippiorhynchus, Genus Ephippiorhynchus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephippiorhynchus Senegalensis

Eph.
Ephedra sinica
Ephedraceae
Ephemerida
Ephemeridae
Ephemeroptera
Ephes.
Ephesan
Ephesian
Ephesians
Ephestia
Ephestia elutella
Ephesus
Ephippidae
Ephippiorhynchus
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (current term)
Ephraim
Ephthalite
Ephthalites
EpiP serine protease
EpiPen
Epictetian
Epictetus
Epicurean
Epicureanism
Epicureans
Epicurus
Epidendrum
Epidendrum tampense
Epidendrum venosum

Literary usage of Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

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

1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1902)
"It was breeding in April near Fashoda.—RMH] 142. Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. ..."

2. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... making a most striking object against the background of dark green riverside forest. Like the other white herons, 1 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. ..."

3. A Naturalist on Lake Victoria: With an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the by Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1920)
"... the fine saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), which I once, and only once, saw on the shore of Buvu, in the Sesse Archipelago, in 1912. ..."

4. Trekking the Great Thirst: Travel and Sport in the Kalahari Desert by Arnold Wienholt Hodson, Amy E. Nellen (1912)
"Conspicuous amongst these rapidly scurrying forms stalked the giant bill storks (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis),^' birds, presenting striking contrasts of ..."

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