stork

A large wading bird, typically found in the Old World, known for its long legs and bill, and often having white-and-black plumage.

• 🇫🇷Grand oiseau échassier migrateur, au long bec et aux longues pattes, souvent au plumage blanc et noir, qui niche sur les toits et les arbres.

1. Large wading bird B1 formal

   A large, long-legged wading bird with white and black plumage, often found in wetlands and known for its long beak.

   • A stork built its nest on the chimney of the old house.
   • We saw a flock of storks migrating south for the winter.
   • The stork stood motionless in the shallow water, waiting for fish.

   🇫🇷Cigogne (grand oiseau échassier)

2. Symbol of childbirth A2 informal

   In folklore, a stork is said to deliver babies to new parents, often depicted carrying a bundle.

   • The children's book showed a stork bringing a baby to the family.
   • When asked where babies come from, some parents jokingly say 'the stork brought you'.
   • The nursery was decorated with stork motifs for the new arrival.

   🇫🇷Cigogne qui apporte les bébés

• storks plural form
• storks' possessive plural form
• stork's possessive singular form