ooievaar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- stork noun A large long-legged wading bird with a long straight bill.
Senses
ooievaar is used for these senses in English:
- stork A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
- stork (folklore, or, euphemism) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
- white stork A large wading bird, of species Ciconia ciconia, that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe; in European folklore, it delivers babies.