- any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill.
- this bird as the mythical or symbolic deliverer of a new baby: My brother and his wife are expecting the stork in July.
- 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
- a variety of domestic fancy pigeon resembling the fairy swallow
