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WHITE STORK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white stork mean?
• WHITE STORK (noun)
The noun WHITE STORK has 1 sense:
1. the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill
Familiarity information: WHITE STORK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ciconia ciconia; white stork
Hypernyms ("white stork" is a kind of...):
stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)
Holonyms ("white stork" is a member of...):
Ciconia; genus Ciconia (type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks)
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