Definition of Genus jabiru

1. Noun. Jabirus.

Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ciconiidae, Family Ciconiidae
Member holonyms: Jabiru, Jabiru Mycteria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Jabiru

genus Irena
genus Iresine
genus Iridoprocne
genus Iris
genus Irvingia
genus Isatis
genus Ischigualastia
genus Isoetes
genus Isopyrum
genus Istiophorus
genus Isurus
genus Iva
genus Ixia
genus Ixobrychus
genus Ixodes
genus Jabiru
genus Jacksonia
genus Jacquinia
genus Jaculus
genus Jambos
genus Jamesonia
genus Jasminum
genus Jatropha
genus Javanthropus
genus Jordanella
genus Juglans
genus Junco
genus Juncus
genus Juniperus
genus Jynx

Literary usage of Genus jabiru

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

1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus jabiru comprises very large birds, which differ from the Storks in having the extremity of the bill curved upward. ..."

2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus jabiru comprises very large birds, which differ from the Storks in having the extremity of the bill curved upward. ii ..."

3. A familiar history of birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts by Edward Stanley (1880)
"The fourth genus, Jabiru, very much resembles the Storks, and appears to have similar habits, the chief distinction consisting in the form ..."

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