aiaia

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The South American name of the roseate spoonbill, a large grallatorial bird of the genus Platalea, family Plataleidæ, related to the ibis.
• noun In the form ajaja: The specific name of the bird Platalea ajaja.
• noun Reichenbach's generic name of the bird, which he calls Ajaja rosea, to separate it generically from the old-world spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia. See spoonbill.
• noun In Paraguay, the jabiru, Mycteria americana: in this sense only in the form aiaiai. E. D. See cut under jabiru.