Definition of Ciconia nigra

1. Noun. Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciconia Nigra

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

Literary usage of Ciconia nigra

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

1. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"Ciconia nigra. THE first occurrence of the Black Stork in a wild state in this country was made known by Montagu, in a paper read before the Linnean Society ..."

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