whooper

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

whooper
    n 1: rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage
         and a trumpeting call [syn: {whooping crane}, {whooper},
         {Grus americana}]
    2: common Old World swan noted for its whooping call [syn:
       {whooper}, {whooper swan}, {Cygnus cygnus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Whooper \Whoop"er\, n.
   One who, or that which, whooops.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Woopher swan}. (Zool.) See the Note under {Swan}.
      [1913 Webster]