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Definitions for Stork

[1] any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill. Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou(def 1) , white stork, wood ibis.
[2] the stork, this bird as the mythical or symbolic deliverer of a new baby: My brother and his wife are expecting the stork in July.
[3] 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
[4] (sometimes capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon resembling the fairy swallow

Words nearby Stork

storey house, storeyed, storiated, storied, storiform, stork, stork parking, stork's-bill, storksbill, storm, storm and stress

Origin of Stork

before 900; Middle English; Old English storc; cognate with German Storch, Old Norse storkr; akin to stark

Other words from Stork

stork·like , adjective

Word origin for Stork

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