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greater adjutant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A bird (Leptoptilos dubius) of the stork family native to India and Southeast Asia

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History

Etymology

A clarifying form of its earlier name adjutant

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: হাড়গিলা (hargila) — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Assamese: হাদং (hadoṅ) — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Bengali: হাড়গিলা (haṛgila) — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Dutch: Indische maraboe — Leptoptilos dubius
  • French: marabout argala — Leptoptilos dubius
  • German: Große Adjutant — Leptoptilos dubius
  • German: Argala-Marabu — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Gujarati: હરગીલ (hargīl) — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Hindi: हड़गिल्ला (haṛgillā) — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Khmer: ត្រដក់ (trâdâk) — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Khmer: តាដក់ (tadkâ) — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Latin: argala — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Polish: marabut indyjski — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Punjabi: ਬਢੀਂਗ (baḍhīṅg) — Leptoptilos dubius
  • Russian: инди́йский марабу́ (indíjskij marabú) — Leptoptilos dubius