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Ciconia ciconia

Ciconia ciconia

9.9
A large white stork with black wings and a red beak that lives in Europe
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Ciconia ciconia migrates each year between Europe and Africa.

Examples

  • Researchers monitored several nests of Ciconia ciconia in the wetland reserve.

  • Unlike many other birds, Ciconia ciconia prefers open farmland for feeding.

  • The Ciconia ciconia is often seen in wetlands.

  • Many Ciconia ciconias migrate south for the winter.

  • Researchers monitored several nests of Ciconia ciconia in the wetland reserve.

  • The Ciconia ciconia migrates each year between Europe and Africa.

  • Unlike many other birds, Ciconia ciconia prefers open farmland for feeding.

Synonyms

white stork
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4.1

A large white bird with black wings and a long red beak that lives in fields and marshes

is the formal scientific name used in biology rather than common naming

Surface Forms

Ciconia ciconia singular
Ciconia ciconias plural

Morphology

Ciconia + Ciconia

This is a Linnaean binomial scientific name (a technical label), not a compositional phrase whose meaning is derived from its parts. Even if a learner 'knows' that each element is a Latin genus/species label, that knowledge does not allow them to infer the common English referent 'common European stork' because scientific names are arbitrary taxonomic identifiers rather than semantically transparent combinations.

Etymology

Ciconia ciconia comes from the Latin word Ciconia, which simply means 'stork'. Scientists sometimes repeat the same word for both name parts to show it is the typical member of the group, so Ciconia ciconia is the scientific name for the common European stork.