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
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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