ooievaar
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch odevare. Related to Low German adebar, West Frisian earrebarre, all possibly from Proto-Germanic *ōdaborǭ or *ōdaborą.
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ooievaar m (plural ooievaars or ooievaren, diminutive ooievaartje n)
- A stork, bird of the family Ciconiidae.
- Hyponyms: maraboe, zwarte ooievaar, zwartsnavelooievaar
- (particularly) The white stork, Ciconia ciconia.
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- Afrikaans: ooievaar
Further reading edit
- ooievaar on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl