argala

English

Etymology

From Latin argala, from Bengali হাড়গিলা (haṛgila), also transcribed hurghila.

Noun

argala (plural argalas)

  1. The greater adjutant, a stork native to Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for argala in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Bengali হাড়গিলা (haṛgila)

Noun

argala f (genitive argalae); first declension

  1. (zoology, New Latin) The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius), a bird of Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
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