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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.

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