jabiru
/ˈd͡ʒæbɪ.ɹuː/noun
jabiru is a noun meaning “A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-A-B-I-R-U, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of jabiru is jabirus.
What does jabiru mean?
noun
- 1
A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.
- 2
AustraliaThe black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce jabiru?
- /ˈd͡ʒæbɪ.ɹuː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of jabiru
- jabirus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is jabiru?
Jabiru appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Jabiru in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Jabiru mycteria:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jabiru, jabiru d’Amérique |
| German | Jabiru |
| Portuguese | jaburu, jabiru, tuiuiú |
| Spanish | jabirú |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jabiru come from?
From a Tupian term such as Old Tupi îabyru, said to mean either "swollen neck" or "one that spits".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).