argala
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin argala, from Bengali হাড়গিলা (haṛgila), also transcribed hurghila.
Noun
[edit]argala (plural argalas)
- The greater adjutant, a stork native to Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
References
[edit]- “argala”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]argala f (genitive argalae); first declension
- (zoology, New Latin) The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius), a bird of Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.