Definition of Ciconia ciconia

1. Noun. The common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill.

Exact synonyms: White Stork
Generic synonyms: Stork
Group relationships: Ciconia, Genus Ciconia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciconia Ciconia

Cicadidae
Cicely
Cicer
Cicer arietinum
Cicero
Ciceronian
Ciceronianism
Ciceronianisms
Cichlidae
Cichorium
Cichorium endivia
Cichorium intybus
Cicily Isabel Fairfield
Cicindelidae
Ciconia
Ciconia ciconia (current term)
Ciconia nigra
Ciconiidae
Ciconiiformes
Cicuta
Cicuta verosa
Cidade de Praia
Cierra
Cilicia
Cilician
Cilincing
Cilioflagellata
Cilla
Cillobacterium
Cimabue

Literary usage of Ciconia ciconia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"The famous migratory Stork of Europe (Ciconia ciconia L.) is the best known member of the group. (Lat., ciconia, stork.) a. Bill decurved at tip; ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"is represented by two specimens, noteworthy as paralleling closely the European white stork, Ciconia ciconia in color, but excelling it in size. ..."

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