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stork Definition

stork (stôrk)

noun pl. 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

Etymology: ME < OE storc, akin to Ger storch < IE *sterg- < base *(s)ter-, stiff > stare: so named from its stiff-legged walk

stork Usage Examples

Possessives

  • bill: They come out even better between other brightly colored plants like Delphinium, ornamental onions, iris stork's bill or violet sage.

Converse of object

  • see: At our lunch stop at the southern end, I looked up to see a large stork flying over.
  • say: Says stork levy a car insurance in houston texas tax what you did.
  • include: This area boosts over 300 species of bird, including the giant stork.
  • have: At ohio state with what was different compensation adjustments they maintain a. Have any justification stork at age reactionary we attempted.

Adjective modifier

  • white: WHITE STORK ( 1 ) a single bird in a field on West bank at Luxor on 7th.
  • rare: The wetland is the home of the endemic lechwe antelopes and the rare shoebill stork.
  • large: At our lunch stop at the southern end, I looked up to see a large stork flying over.

Modifies a noun

  • nest: The nearby village of El Alam had 8 white stork nests.
  • colony: The whole area is protected because of the amazing rock formations and stork colonies.
  • migration: It is manned at this time of year by Spanish observers monitoring the raptor and stork migration.

Noun used with modifier

  • marabou: Either that or patients were intimidated by the eye of the marabou stork.
  • jabiru: Flocks of macaws chattered busily among themselves and, unsurprisingly, the rare jabiru stork was nowhere to be seen.
  • quot: Sides quot stork special opportunities photographers who do has seen its.
stork Quotes

   I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.

—Brecher, Irving