Whooping crane Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
Grus americana; whooper.
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(Zoöl.) , a North American crane (Crus Americana ) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters.The species was reduced by hunting to several dozen in the 1960's and the numbers have been slowly rising since.
