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Meaning of adjutant bird | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, native to India and Southeast Asia.

Examples

“When he recovered sufficiently to articulate, Bunson had stalked away, and Quin was regarding him benignly, like an adjutant bird who had just concluded an interesting experiment on a worm.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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