Adjutant-bird
1adjutant bird — noun large Indian stork with a military gait • Syn: ↑adjutant, ↑adjutant stork, ↑Leptoptilus dubius • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑Leptoptilus, ↑genus Leptoptilus …
2adjutant bird — large Indian stork with a military gait, adjutant stork …
3adjutant stork — noun large Indian stork with a military gait • Syn: ↑adjutant bird, ↑adjutant, ↑Leptoptilus dubius • Hypernyms: ↑stork • Member Holonyms: ↑Leptoptilus, ↑genus Leptoptilus …
4adjutant — /ˈædʒətənt / (say ajuhtuhnt) noun 1. Military a staff officer who assists the commanding officer. 2. an assistant. 3. Also, adjutant bird, adjutant crane, adjutant stork. either of two large storks of India and South East Asia, the greater… …
5adjutant stork — a large Indian stork, Leptoptilus dubius, having a pinkish brown neck and bill, a large naked pouch under the throat, and a military gait. Also called adjutant, adjutant bird. * * * …
6adjutant — n. 1 a Mil. an officer who assists superior officers by communicating orders, conducting correspondence, etc. b an assistant. 2 (in full adjutant bird) a giant Indian stork. Phrases and idioms: Adjutant General a high ranking Army administrative… …
7adjutant — n. 1. (Rare.) Assistant, helper, aid, adjurant. 2. (Mil.) Order aide, subordinate in charge of orders, subordinate through whom orders are issued and reports received. 3. Adjutant bird (Ciconia argala, Leptoptilus argala) …
8adjutant crane — noun see adjutant bird …
9Adjutant — This article is about the military officer. For the bird, see Leptoptilos. Gustaf Mannerheim as regent of Finland (sitting) and his adjutants (from the left) Lt.Col. Lilius, Cap. Kekoni, Lt. Gallen Kallela, Ensign Rosenb …
10Lesser Adjutant — Taxobox name = Lesser Adjutant status = VU | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = down |thumb|Lesser Adjutant image caption = Lesser Adjutant ( Leptoptilos javanicus ) image width = 225px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo =… …
