ヘビクイワシ

noun

secretarybird; secretary bird

A large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey native to Africa, famous for its long legs and crest of feathers. The Japanese name literally means 'snake-eating eagle'.

• ヘビクイワシはアフリカの草そう原げんに生せい息そくしている。

  The secretarybird inhabits the grasslands of Africa.

• 動どう物ぶつ園えんでヘビクイワシの長ながい脚あしを見みた。

  I saw the long legs of a secretarybird at the zoo.