"white stork" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /waɪt stɔɹk/ [General-American], /waɪt stɔːk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-uk-white stork.ogg [UK] Forms: white storks [plural]
Etymology: From white and stork. Head templates: {{en-noun}} white stork (plural white storks)
  1. A large wading bird, of species Ciconia ciconia, that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe; in European folklore, it delivers babies. Wikipedia link: white stork Categories (lifeform): Storks Translations (large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia): lejleku i bardhë [masculine] (Albanian), cigüeña (Asturian), cigüeña cande (Asturian), чӏерийдохург (čʼeriı̇doxurg) (Chechen), chiswankhono (Chichewa), 白鸛 (Chinese Mandarin), 白鹳 (báiguàn) (Chinese Mandarin), hvid stork [common-gender] (Danish), ooievaar [masculine] (Dutch), blanka cikonio (Esperanto), storkur [masculine] (Faroese), kattohaikara (Finnish), cigogne blanche (French), Weißstorch [masculine] (German), λευκοπελαργός (lefkopelargós) [masculine] (Greek), fehér gólya (Hungarian), hvítstorkur [masculine] (Icelandic), 朱嘴鸛 (shubashikō) (Japanese), biôłi bòcón (Kashubian), ақ дегелек (aq degelek) (Kazakh), ciconia (Latin), ċikonja bajda [feminine] (Maltese), tsídiidaanézí łigaaígíí (Navajo), bocian biały [masculine] (Polish), cegonha-branca [feminine] (Portuguese), barză-albă [feminine] (Romanian), бе́лый а́ист (bélyj áist) [masculine] (Russian), cigüeña blanca [feminine] (Spanish), vit stork [common-gender] (Swedish), a̱ba̱lee (Tyap), леле́ка бі́лий (leléka bílyj) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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        "A large wading bird, of species Ciconia ciconia, that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe; in European folklore, it delivers babies."
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lejleku i bardhë"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "cigüeña"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "cigüeña cande"
        },
        {
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "čʼeriı̇doxurg",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "чӏерийдохург"
        },
        {
          "code": "ny",
          "lang": "Chichewa",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "chiswankhono"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "白鸛"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "báiguàn",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "白鹳"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hvid stork"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ooievaar"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "blanka cikonio"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "storkur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "kattohaikara"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "cigogne blanche"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Weißstorch"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lefkopelargós",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "λευκοπελαργός"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "fehér gólya"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hvítstorkur"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shubashikō",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "朱嘴鸛"
        },
        {
          "code": "csb",
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "biôłi bòcón"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aq degelek",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "ақ дегелек"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "ciconia"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ċikonja bajda"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "tsídiidaanézí łigaaígíí"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bocian biały"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cegonha-branca"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "barză-albă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bélyj áist",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бе́лый а́ист"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cigüeña blanca"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vit stork"
        },
        {
          "code": "kcg",
          "lang": "Tyap",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "a̱ba̱lee"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "leléka bílyj",
          "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
          "word": "леле́ка бі́лий"
        }
      ],
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        "white stork"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/waɪt stɔːk/",
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        "UK"
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "white stork"
}
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waɪt stɔːk/",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lejleku i bardhë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "cigüeña"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "cigüeña cande"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "čʼeriı̇doxurg",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "чӏерийдохург"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "chiswankhono"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "白鸛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "báiguàn",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "白鹳"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hvid stork"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ooievaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "blanka cikonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "storkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "kattohaikara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "cigogne blanche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Weißstorch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lefkopelargós",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λευκοπελαργός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "fehér gólya"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hvítstorkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shubashikō",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "朱嘴鸛"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "biôłi bòcón"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aq degelek",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "ақ дегелек"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "ciconia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ċikonja bajda"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "tsídiidaanézí łigaaígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bocian biały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cegonha-branca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barză-albă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bélyj áist",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бе́лый а́ист"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cigüeña blanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vit stork"
    },
    {
      "code": "kcg",
      "lang": "Tyap",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "a̱ba̱lee"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "leléka bílyj",
      "sense": "large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia",
      "word": "леле́ка бі́лий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "white stork"
}

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