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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call;
[syn: whooping crane, whooper, Grus americana]

2. common Old World swan noted for its whooping call;
[syn: whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whooper \Whoop"er\, n.
   One who, or that which, whooops.
   [1913 Webster]

   Woopher swan. (Zool.) See the Note under Swan.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

whooper
    n 1: rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage
         and a trumpeting call [syn: whooping crane, whooper,
         Grus americana]
    2: common Old World swan noted for its whooping call [syn:
       whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus]