whooping crane

n. A large North American crane (Grus americana) having predominantly white plumage and a loud trumpeting cry.

whooping crane

n (Animals) a rare North American crane, Grus americana, having a white plumage with black wings and a red naked face

whoop′ing crane′

n. a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call. [1720–30, Amer.]

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Noun

whooping crane - rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting callGrus americana, whoopercrane - large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the worldgenus Grus, Grus - type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes

whooping crane

whooping crane:

see cranecrane,
large wading bird found in marshes in the Northern Hemisphere and in Africa. Although sometimes confused with herons, cranes are more closely related to rails and limpkins.
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whooping crane

[′hu̇p·iŋ ‚krān] (vertebrate zoology) Grus americana. A member of a rare North American migratory species of wading birds; the entire species forms a single population.

whooping crane

noun

Synonyms for whooping crane

noun rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call

Synonyms

Grus americana
whooper

Related Words

crane
genus Grus
Grus

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