[stawrk] 
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) stork. | 1. | any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill. Compare 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. |