stork

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//stɔːk//
United Kingdom//stoːk//
United States//stɔɹk//

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.

noun

1
A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
2
The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
My sister's expecting a visit from the stork.
3
The seventeenth Lenormand card.

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Forms

plural: storks

storage · The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.store · A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.storeroom · A room used for storage.

stork · A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.

Stork · A surname.storm · Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or…Storm · A unisex given name.

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