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Define the word Xenorhynchus Australis

"Xenorhynchus Australis" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zool.)
   One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria
   and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana) is white,
         with the head and neck black and nearly bare of
         feathers. The East Indian and Australian (Xenorhynchus Australis) has the neck, head, and back covered with
         glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to
         purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria Senegalensis or
         Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head,
         wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also
         saddle-billed stork.
         [1913 Webster]