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Argala


Ar′ga-la

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Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
The adjutant bird.

Definition 2024


argala

argala

English

Noun

argala (plural argalas)

  1. (zoology) The greater adjutant, a stork native to Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.

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Latin

Etymology

From Bengali হাড়গিলা (argala), also transcribed hurghila.

Noun

argala

  1. (zoology, New Latin) The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius), a bird of Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.