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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stork /stɔrk/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. storks, (esp. when thought of as a group) stork. - Birdsa wading bird having long legs and a long neck and bill.
- Mythology the stork, this bird when it is the symbolic deliverer of a new baby:a visit from the stork.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stork (stôrk),USA pronunciation n., pl. storks, (esp. collectively) stork. - Birdsany of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill. Cf. adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def. 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- Birds, Mythology 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.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English storc; cognate with German Storch, Old Norse storkr; akin to stark
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stork /stɔːk/ n - 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
Etymology: 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 |