Leptoptilos argala

Translingual Etymology From mul la - Leptoptilos genus, from mul grc λεπτός thin, slender + grc πτῐ́λον feather, + la argala, from mul bn হাড়গিলা, also transcribed hurghila. Proper noun Leptoptilos argala la 1 f mul archaic species 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 species), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra species), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone species, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises. mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)