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storklike

storklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a stork.

Adjective

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

Forms of storklike

comparativemore storklike
superlativemost storklike

Origin of storklike

From stork + -like.

Questions about storklike

What does storklike mean?
Storklike means resembling or characteristic of a stork.
What part of speech is storklike?
Storklike is an adjective.

Words near storklike in the dictionary

  1. stork
  2. stork bite
  3. stork bites
  4. stork-billed
  5. storkish
  6. storklike
  7. storkling
  8. storklings
  9. storks
  10. storksbill
  11. storksbills

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