Mycteria americana

Definitions of Mycteria americana
  1. noun
    an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
    synonyms: flinthead, wood ibis, wood stork
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    type of:
    stork
    large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
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