Leptoptilos argala

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Leptoptilos, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin, slender”) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon, “feather”), + argala, from Bengali হাড়গিলা (haṛgila), also transcribed hurghila.

Proper noun

Leptoptilos argala f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Ciconiidae – the greater adjutant, now known as L. dubius.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Plotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.