SECRETARY-BIRD
\sˈɛkɹətɹˌɪbˈɜːd], \sˈɛkɹətɹˌɪbˈɜːd], \s_ˈɛ_k_ɹ_ə_t_ɹ_ˌɪ_b_ˈɜː_d]\
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n. A bird of South Africa,of the genus Gypogeranus, with an aquiline head and beak, the legs of a crane, and a lengthened crest and tail. It lives almost exclusively on the larger snakes, which it captures with much skill, and hence it is also called the snake-eater.
