black stork

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   Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below

   SynonymsCiconia nigra

   Broaderstork

   Part ofCiconia

Questions about black stork

What does black stork mean?

black stork means "Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below".

What is another word for black stork?

Close synonyms include Ciconia nigra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black stork a common word?

black stork is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.