whooping crane : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: whooping crane	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for whooping crane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whooping crane n rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call Synonym(s): whooping crane, whooper, Grus americana
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whooping \Whoop"ing\, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. {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} (Zo[94]l.), a North American crane ({Crus Americana}) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters.