stork

Pronunciation: /stɔɹk/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
wading bird
Narrower (hyponyms)
white stork, saddlebill, adjutant bird, openbill, marabou, policeman bird

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