white stork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of white stork
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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With long legs and large wings, the white stork is a prominent star of the pageant that is animal migration.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024
A poor fisherman in a Turkish village was retrieving his net from a lake when he found that a white stork had alighted on his boat.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
In today’s news roundup, Ex-President Barack Obama delivers two graduation speeches, several women over the age of 100 recover from the coronavirus, and the United Kingdom gets its first white stork chicks in 600 years.
From NewsForKids.net • Jan. 29, 2024
The white stork scientifically known as Ciconia ciconia can be found throughout much of Europe during warm months.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2013
A common white stork hasn't half the solid gravity of an adjutant or a marabou.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
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