English > stork: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage. |
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| Member of | Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae | storks |
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| Narrower | adjutant bird, adjutant, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius | large Indian stork with a military gait |
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| black stork, Ciconia nigra | Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below |
| jabiru, Jabiru mycteria | large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America |
| marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus | large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork |
| openbill | stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip |
| policeman bird, black-necked stork, jabiru, Xenorhyncus asiaticus | large mostly white Australian stork |
| saddlebill, jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa |
| white stork, Ciconia ciconia | The common stork of Europe |
| wood ibis, wood stork, flinthead, Mycteria americana | An American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill |
| Broader | wading bird, wader | Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
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| Spanish | ciconiidae, cigüeña |
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| Catalan | cigonya |
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