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LEPTOPTILUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adjutant birds and marabous
Synonyms:
genus Leptoptilus; Leptoptilus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Leptoptilus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Leptoptilus"):
adjutant; adjutant bird; adjutant stork; Leptoptilus dubius (large Indian stork with a military gait)
Leptoptilus crumeniferus; marabou; marabou stork; marabout (large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments)
Holonyms ("Leptoptilus" is a member of...):
Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)
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