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white stork

American  

noun

  1. a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.


Etymology

Origin of white stork

First recorded in 1785–95

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The work by Rabone, from South Staffordshire, will examine how well the white stork can adapt to different environments and habitats, alongside what the public, farmers and land managers think about the plans.

From BBC May 10, 2026

With long legs and large wings, the white stork is a prominent star of the pageant that is animal migration.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2024

A poor fisherman in a Turkish village was retrieving his net from a lake when he found that a white stork had alighted on his boat.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2024

In today’s news roundup, Ex-President Barack Obama delivers two graduation speeches, several women over the age of 100 recover from the coronavirus, and the United Kingdom gets its first white stork chicks in 600 years.

From NewsForKids.net Jan. 29, 2024

At Delft, when there was a fire raging, a female white stork, not being able to carry away her young ones, allowed herself to be burnt with them....

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.

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