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Ciconia Marabou Mar`a*bou", n. [F.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos
(formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L.
crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments.
The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the
adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also marabu.]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
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.
Heliconia Heliconia Hel`i*co"ni*a, n. [NL. See Helicon.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical
American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked
with green, crimson, and white.
Heliconian Heliconian Hel`i*co"ni*an, a. [L. Heliconius.]
1. Of or pertaining to Helicon. ``Heliconian honey.'
--Tennyson.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the
genus Heliconius.
