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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
marabou stork
    n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its
         downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn:
         marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus
         crumeniferus]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,
   Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a
   vulture.] (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
   family Ciconidae, 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 (Ciconia
   nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
   [1913 Webster]

   Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru.

   Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India
      (Leptoptilos Javanica).

   Giant stork, the adjutant.

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

   Stork's bill (Bot.), 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.
      [1913 Webster]

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