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• A tropical wading bird.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

• The Brazilian name for a bird found in most tropical countries, but most common in S. Amer., remarkable for the length of its toes, and for its wings being armed in front with sharp spurs.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.