stork
nounUS /stɔɹk/ · UK /stɔːk/
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.
1
A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
2
Arts, Folklore, History, Human sciences, Literature, Media, Publishing, Sciences Euphemistic The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
- My sister's expecting a visit from the stork.
3
Cartomancy, Human sciences, Mysticism, Philosophy, Sciences The seventeenth Lenormand card.
- Derived terms
- adjutant stork, black-necked stork, black stork, giant stork, hair-crested stork, maguari stork, marabou stork, milky stork, Oriental stork, saddle-billed stork, stork-billed, stork bite, storkish, storklike, storkling, storksbill, storkwise, storky, white stork, wood stork