stork

UK: /ˈstɔː^rk/ US: /stɔrk/ ,(stôrk)

Inflections of 'stork' (n):

storks

npl (All usages)

stork

npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "Stork are wading birds.")

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

stork /stɔrk/   n. [countable] , pl. storks, (esp. when thought of as a group) stork. 

1. Birds a wading bird having long legs and a long neck and bill.
2. Mythology the stork, this bird when it is the symbolic deliverer of a new baby:
   a visit from the stork.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

stork (stôrk),  n., pl. storks, (esp. collectively) stork. 

1. Birds any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill. Cf. adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def. 1), white stork, wood ibis. 
2. Birds, Mythology the stork, this bird as the mythical or symbolic deliverer of a new baby:
   My brother and his wife are expecting the stork in July.

• bef. 900; Middle English; Old English storc; cognate with German Storch, Old Norse storkr; akin to stark

stork′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

stork / stɔːk/ noun

1. any large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae, chiefly of warm regions of the Old World, having very long legs and a long stout pointed bill, and typically having a white-and-black plumage: order Ciconiiformes

Etymology: Old English storc; related to Old High German storah, Old Norse storkr, Old English stearc stiff; from the stiff appearance of its legs; see stark