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stork I. \ˈstȯ(ə)rk, -ȯ(ə)k\ noun (plural storks also stork) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English storc; akin to Middle Low German & Middle Dutch storc stork, Old High German storah, Old Norse storkr stork, Old English stearc stiff, strong; from its stiff legs — more at stark : any of various large mostly Old World wading birds having a long stout bill, constituting the family Ciconiidae, and related to the ibises and herons — see adjutant bird, black stork, jabiru, marabou, openbill, saddle-bill, white stork; compare wood ibis
 II. adjective Etymology: from the nursery story that children are brought into the world by storks : relating to the birth of a child < stork cards > < a stork shower > |