Definitions
large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
Word origin
From Middle English stork, from Old English storc, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (“stork”). Near cognates include Dutch stork, German Storch, Swedish stork, and Icelandic storkur. Compare also Latvian stārķis (“stork”), borrowed from Germanic.
Used in a sentence
“My sister's expecting a visit from the stork.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Long-legged nursery symbol”5 letters
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