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  1. Stork
    HMS Stork was a British surveying vessel converted into an escort vessel of 1190 tons displacement launched in 1936 and refitted as a sloop in 1939. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; four 3-pounder guns and eight smaller guns. She was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top...
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  2. stork
    [n] - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
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  3. Stork
    Stork noun [ Anglo-Saxon storc ; akin to German storch , Old High German storah , Icelandic storkr , Dan. & Swedish stork , and perhaps to Greek ... a vulture.] (Zoology) Any one of several species of large wad...
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  4. stork
    <ornithology> Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It...
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  5. stork
    noun large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
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  6. Stork
    • (n.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonl...
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  7. stork
    any of 17 species of large, long-necked, birds constituting the family Ciconiidae (order Ciconiiformes), related to the herons, flamingos, and ... [4 related articles]
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  8. stork
    stork, common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. Storks have long, broad, powerful wings; in flight they flap their wings or soar with their legs dangling and their long nec...
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  9. Stork
    Stork is American slang for make pregnant.
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  10. Stork
    Stork is American slang for make pregnant.
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  11. Stork
    The stork (Ciconiidae) is a family of large carnivorous wading birds with long necks and long legs belonging to the heron tribe, but distinguished by many minor features of construction. The storks have long, straight, sharp beaks. The white stork (Ciconiidae alba) is common in central Europe and oc...
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  12. stork
    Any of the 17 species of the Ciconiidae, a family of long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, powerful wings, and long conical bills used for spearing prey. Some species grow up to 1.5 m/5 ft tall. Species Species include the Eurasian white stork Ciconia ciconia, which is encouraged to build on rooftops as a l...
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  13. Stork
    `Storks` are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family `Ciconiidae`. They are the only family in the biological order `Ciconiiformes`, which was once much larger and held a number of families. Storks occur in many regions of the world and tend to ...
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  14. Stork
    (margarine) `Stork` is a brand of margarine spread, owned by Unilever. Introduced into the United Kingdom and Ireland from 1920, housewives were initially suspicious of the health affects and cooking ability of margarine. As a result, it required a large amount of advertising in the 1930s to ...
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  15. StOrk
    `stOrk` is an American avant-garde metal supergroup, formed by ex-Korn guitarist Shane Gibson and session drummer Thomas Lang in 2010. The band`s debut album, stOrk, was released on January 11, 2011 via MUSO Entertainment. Band members: Discography: References: External links:
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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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