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stork
(stɔːʳk)
Word forms: plural storks
countable noun
A stork is a large bird with a long beak and long legs, which lives near water.
stork in British English
(stɔːk)
noun
1.
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. (sometimes capital)
a variety of domestic fancy pigeon resembling the fairy swallow
Word origin
Old English storc; related to Old High German storah, Old Norse storkr, Old English stearc stiff; from the stiff appearance of its legs; see starkstork in American English
(stɔrk)
nounWord forms: plural storks or stork
any of a family (Ciconiidae) of large, long-legged, mostly Old World wading birds having a long neck and bill; esp., the European white stork (Ciconia ciconia) that nests on rooftops and in trees: a symbol of childbirth, from the notion perpetrated in euphemistic tales to children that it brings newborn babies
Word origin
ME < OE storc, akin to Ger storch < IE *sterg- < base *(s)ter-, stiff > stare: so named from its stiff-legged walkImage ofstork
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