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BLACK-NECKED STORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black-necked stork mean? 

BLACK-NECKED STORK (noun)
  The noun BLACK-NECKED STORK has 1 sense:

1. large mostly white Australian storkplay

  Familiarity information: BLACK-NECKED STORK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACK-NECKED STORK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large mostly white Australian stork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-necked stork; jabiru; policeman bird; Xenorhyncus asiaticus

Hypernyms ("black-necked stork" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Holonyms ("black-necked stork" is a member of...):

genus Xenorhyncus; Xenorhyncus (East Indian and Australian storks)


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