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stork
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stork  (stôrk)
n.
Any of various large wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, chiefly of the Eastern Hemisphere, having long legs and a long straight bill.

[Middle English, from Old English storc; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.]

stork [stɔːk]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae, chiefly of warm regions of the Old World, having very long legs and a long stout pointed bill, and typically having a white-and-black plumage: order Ciconiiformes
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) (sometimes capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon resembling the fairy swallow
[Old English storc; related to Old High German storah, Old Norse storkr, Old English stearc stiff; from the stiff appearance of its legs; see stark]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumagestork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
wader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
Ciconia ciconia, white stork - the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill
black stork, Ciconia nigra - Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below
adjutant bird, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius, adjutant - large Indian stork with a military gait
Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou, marabou stork, marabout - large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
openbill - stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
Jabiru mycteria, jabiru - large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, saddlebill, jabiru - large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle
black-necked stork, jabiru, policeman bird, Xenorhyncus asiaticus - large mostly white Australian stork
flinthead, Mycteria americana, wood ibis, wood stork - an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
Translations
stork [stɔːk] Ncigüeña f

stork [ˈstɔːrk] ncigogne f

stork
nStorch m

stork [stɔːk] ncicogna

stork
n stork [stoːk]
a type of wading bird with long beak, neck and legs. ooievaar لَقلاق щъркел čáp stork der Storch πελαργός cigüeña toonekurg لك لك kattohaikara cigogne חֲסִידָה एक तरह का पक्षी roda gólya bangau storkur cicogna こうのとり 황새 gandras stārķis burung botak ooievaar stork bocian cegonha barză аист bocian štorklja roda stork นกจำพวกนกกระสา leylek чорногуз, лелека بگلا con cò


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