| stork | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. stork | 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. |
| ~ ciconiidae, family ciconiidae | storks. |
| ~ 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. |
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