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Definition of Ciconia argala

Ciconia argala
Adjutant Ad"ju*tant, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See Aid.] 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

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- . ISBN 978-0-12-322730-0. Adam, John (1825). "A description of the Ciconia Argala or Adjutant bird of Bengal". Trans. Med. Phys. Soc. I., Calcutta: 240–248...
- Family: Ciconiidae Genus: Leptoptilos Lesson, RP, 1831 Type species Ardea argala = Ardea dubia Latham, 1790 Species L. crumenifer L. dubius L. javanicus...
- includes Cryptociconia †L. falconeri (Milne-Edwards 1868) Lydekker 1884 [Argala falconeri Milne-Edwards 1867] †L. pliocenicus Zubareva 1948 †L. inidcus...