leptoptilus

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A genus of storks of Asia and Africa, of the family Ciconiidæ; the adjutants or marabous. Also Leptoptilos. See cut under adjutant-bird.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A genus of birds including the adjutant bird (Leptoptilus dubius, also called adjutant stork) and marabous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun adjutant birds and marabous