storklike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a stork.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English stork →
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Meanings

adjectivestorklike (comparative more storklike, superlative most storklike)

comparative more storklike · superlative most storklike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a stork.

    A hovering, storklike balance with the body curling round an unseen sphere--one bent leg raised halfway up in front, bent arms and torso describing the space.

    1988 April 29, Cerinda Survant, “The Invisible Dancer”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Englishstork
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishstorklike

From stork + -like.

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Translations

Polish bocianowaty
  • bocianowatyTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

storklike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storklike

MLA

“storklike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storklike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storklike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storklike.

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