WHOOPING CRANE

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Grus americana; whooper; whooping crane

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("whooping crane" is a kind of...):

crane (large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world)

Holonyms ("whooping crane" is a member of...):

genus Grus; Grus (type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes)

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