limpkin

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

limpkin
    n 1: wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping
         bill and a distinctive wailing call [syn: {limpkin},
         {Aramus pictus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Limpkin \Limp"kin\ (l[i^]mp"k[i^]n), n. (Zool.)
   Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus
   {Aramus}, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The
   limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One
   species ({Aramus giganteus}) inhabits Florida and the West
   Indies; the other ({Aramus scolopaceus}) is found in South
   America. Called also {courlan}, and {crying bird}.
   [1913 Webster]