secretary bird

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Secretary Bird

Alternative forms

• secretarybird

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛkɹə,tɛɹɪ bɜːd/

Noun

secretary bird (plural secretary birds)

1. A large bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs, so named because of its crest of long feathers resembling quill pens stuck behind the ears of an office clerk. It preys on reptiles, especially snakes.

Translations

member of bird family

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛇鷲 (cmn), 蛇鹫 (cmn) (shéjiù), 鷺鷹 (cmn), 鹭鹰 (cmn) (lùyīng), 秘書鳥 (cmn), 秘书鸟 (cmn) (mìshūniǎo)

• Finnish: sihteerilintu (fi)
• Hungarian: kígyászkeselyű (hu)
• Irish: rúnaí (ga) m

• Manx: screeudeyr (gv) m
• Navajo: giní jáádnézí
• Romanian: pasăre secretar (ro) f
• Russian: птица-секретарь (ru) (ptíca-s'ekr'etár') m
• Spanish: serpentario (es) m