BLACK STORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black stork mean? 

• BLACK STORK (noun)
  The noun BLACK STORK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BLACK STORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK STORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black stork; Ciconia nigra

Hypernyms ("black stork" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Holonyms ("black stork" is a member of...):

Ciconia; genus Ciconia (type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks)