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Image:White Stork 3weeks.jpg|thumbnail|right|White stork

Etymology
ME. stork, from OE. storc, from common Germanic *sturkaz, from PIE. *str̥gos, probably an extension of *ster- "stiff" (from its movements). Near cognates include German Storch and Icelandic storkur.

Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: stôrk
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��k|-��k, Rhymes:English:-��(r)k|-��(r)k

Homophones
stalk (non-rhotic accents)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae.
2. the stork: a mythical stork responsible for bringing newborn baby|babies to their parents

Translations

Afrikaans: ooievaar
Albanian: lejleku
Arabic: ARchar|���� (laqlaq)
Basque: amiamoko
Belarusian: б��ел (busjel)
Bosnian: roda f, Å¡trk m
Breton: c'hwibon
Bulgarian: ���кел (shtŭrkel)
Catalan: cigonya
Croatian: roda f
Czech: �áp m
Danish: stork
Dutch: ooievaar m
Esperanto: cikonio
Estonian: toonekurg
Faroese: storkur
Finnish: haikara
French: cigogne f
Frisian: earrebarre
Friulian: cicogne
Galician: cegoña
German: Storch m
Greek, Ancient: �ελα�γ�� m (pelargos)
Greek, Modern: �ελα�γ�� (pelargos)
Hebrew: �ס��� (khasida) f
Hungarian: gólya
Icelandic: storkur
Irish: storc
Italian: cicogna f
Korean: �� (hwangsae)
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Kurdish: KUchar|��������, KUchar|حاج� ��������
Ladin: zicogna
Latin: ciconia
Latvian: st�rķis
Lithuanian: gandras
Lower Sorbian: bo�on
Macedonian: ���к (štrk)
Maltese: �ikonja
Norwegian: stork
Occitan: cigonha
Polish: bocian
Portuguese: cegonha
Romanian: barz� f, barza-alb� f
Romansh: cicogna
Romany: kokosturko m
Russian: аи�� (aist)
Sami: stohpoháigir
Sardinian: cicògna, cicónnia, tziconna
Scottish Gaelic: corra-ghrian
Serbian:
:*Cyrillic: �ода f, ���к m
:*Latin: roda f, Å¡trk m
Slovak: bocian
Slovenian: Å¡torklja f
Spanish: cigüeña f
Swedish: stork
Turkish: leylek
Ukrainian: лелека (leleka), �о�ног�з (�ornohuz), б��ел (busel)
Upper Sorbian: ba�on
Welsh: ciconia

See also
crane
egret
heron

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