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Webster 1913 Edition
Stork
Stork
,Noun.
[AS.
storc
; akin to G. storch
, OHG. storah
, Icel. storkr
, Dan. & Sw. stork
, and perhaps to Gr. [GREEK] a vulture.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family
Ciconidae
, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia
and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba
) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (Ciconia nigra
) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Black-necked stork
, the East Indian jabiru.
– Hair-crested stork
, the smaller adjutant of India (
– Leptoptilos Javanica
). Giant stork
, the adjutant.
– Marabou stork
. – Stork’s bill
(Bot.)
, any plant of the genus
Pelargonium
; – so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See Pelargonium
.Webster 1828 Edition
Stork
STORK
,Noun.