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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whooping \Whoop"ing\, a. & n. from Whoop, v. t. [1913 Webster] Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. --Dunglison. Whooping crane (Zool.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. Whooping swan (Zool.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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