stork

Any of various large wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long straight bill.

A large altricial grallatorial bird, of the family Ciconiidæ and especially of the subfamily Ciconiinæ (which see for technical characters).

Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidæ, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.

the East Indian jabiru.

the smaller adjutant of India (Leptoptilos Javanica).

the adjutant.

See Marabou. — Saddle-billed stork, the African jabiru. See Jabiru.

any plant of the genus Pelargonium; — so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See Pelargonium.

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae.

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