— storklike , adj.
/stawrk/ , n. , pl. storks , ( esp. collectively ) stork .
1. any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill. Cf. adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def. 1), white stork, wood ibis .
2. the stork , this bird as the mythical or symbolic deliverer of a new baby: My brother and his wife are expecting the stork in July.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE storc; c. G Storch, ON storkr; akin to STARK ]