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: any of various large wading birds (family Ciconiidae) chiefly of Asia, Africa, and South America that have long stout bills and are related to the ibises and herons
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Fact check: No, bird flu infection not 'made up' for patient in Mexico
Other species infected include owls, storks, condors, penguins, seals, foxes, cats and dolphins, the U.N. reported.
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Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Then, caught in a flood that submerges everything, the cat ascends and eventually wanders toward a boat with a capybara, lemur, stork, and golden retriever.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Later, a flock of storks came wheeling in high on the thermals, and the camp gathered to watch.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Wild birds like ducks, geese, swans, storks, plovers, sandpipers, gulls and terns are all susceptible to bird flu.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
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Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Then, caught in a flood that submerges everything, the cat ascends and eventually wanders toward a boat with a capybara, lemur, stork, and golden retriever.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Later, a flock of storks came wheeling in high on the thermals, and the camp gathered to watch.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Wild birds like ducks, geese, swans, storks, plovers, sandpipers, gulls and terns are all susceptible to bird flu.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
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stork
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: any of various large mostly African and Asian wading birds that have long stout bills and are related to the herons and ibises
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