| leptoptilus | (n) adjutant birds and marabous, Syn. genus Leptoptilus |
| adjutant bird | (n) large Indian stork with a military gait, Syn. adjutant, Leptoptilus dubius, adjutant stork |
| marabou | (n) large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments, Syn. marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabout |
| Leptoptilus | n. A genus of birds including the adjutant bird (Leptoptilus dubius, also called adjutant stork) and marabous. |