Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9216

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**MANNICKJORE**, s. Hind. *mānik-jor*; the white-necked stork (*Ciconia leucocephala*, Gmelin); sometimes, according to Jerdon, called in Bengal the ‘Beef-steak bird,’ because palatable when cooked in that fashion. "The name of Manikjor means the companion of Manik, a Saint, and some Mussulmans in consequence abstain from eating it" (*Jerdon*). [Platts derives it from *mānik*, ‘a ruby.’]