noun
or adjutant stork also adjutant crane
Etymology: probably so called from its fancied resemblance to a military figure pacing a parade ground
: any of several large upright storks (genus Leptoptilos ) having the head and neck bare of feathers and feeding on carrion or on small aquatic animals or snakes: as
a. : an Indian stork ( L. dubius ) that attains a height of seven feet
b. : a smaller Indian stork ( L. javanicus )