stork

English

/stɔɹk/, /stɔːk/

noun
Definitions
  • A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae.
  • (children's folklore) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
  • (cartomancy) The seventeenth Lenormand card.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stork inherited from Old English storc inherited from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz (stork) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (stork).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sr̥ǵos

Gloss

stork

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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