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Stork
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What's The Definition Of Stork?
[n] large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
Synonyms | Synonyms for Stork: Related Terms | Find terms related to Stork: See Also | adjutant | adjutant bird | adjutant stork | black stork | black-necked stork | Ciconia ciconia | Ciconia nigra | Ciconiidae | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | family Ciconiidae | jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | Leptoptilus crumeniferus | Leptoptilus dubius | marabou | marabou stork | marabout | Mycteria americana | openbill | policeman bird | saddlebill | wader | wading bird | white stork | wood ibis | wood stork | Xenorhyncus asiaticus Stork In Webster's Dictionary \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,
Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a
vulture.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
family {Ciconid[ae]}, having long legs and a long, pointed
bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,
and belong to {Ciconia} and several allied genera. The
European white stork ({Ciconia alba}) is the best known. It
commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,
a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({C. nigra}) is
native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
{Black-necked stork}, the East Indian jabiru.
{Hair-crested stork}, the smaller adjutant of India
({Leptoptilos Javanica}).
{Giant stork}, the adjutant.
{Marabou stork}. See {Marabou}. -- Saddle-billed stork, the
African jabiru. See {Jabiru}.
{Stork's bill} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Pelargonium};
-- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of
the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See
{Pelargonium}.
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