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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bird, the wood stork.
2. 2
   an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

mycteria americanawood ibiswood ibiswood stork

Etymology

From flint + head, from the grey colour of the head.

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