ciconia ciconia

1. 1.

   the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill

   Synonymswhite stork

   Broaderstork

   Part ofCiconia

Questions about ciconia ciconia

What does ciconia ciconia mean?

ciconia ciconia means "the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill".

What is another word for ciconia ciconia?

Close synonyms include white stork. 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 ciconia ciconia a common word?

ciconia ciconia 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.