adjutant stork
noun
1.
a large Indian stork,
Leptoptilus dubius,
having a pinkish-brown neck and bill, a large naked pouch under the throat, and a military gait.
Also called
adjutant
,
adjutant bird
.
British Dictionary definitions for
adjutant bird
adjutant bird
noun
1.
either of two large carrion-eating storks,
Leptoptilos dubius
or
L. javanicus,
which are closely related and similar to the marabou and occur in S and SE Asia
Word Origin
so called for its supposedly military gait