wood stork n 1: any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis [syn: {wood ibis}, {wood stork}, {Ibis ibis}] 2: an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics [syn: {wood ibis}, {wood stork}, {flinthead}, {Mycteria americana}]