- 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. - One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe.
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