whooping crane

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

whooping crane
    n 1: rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage
         and a trumpeting call [syn: {whooping crane}, {whooper},
         {Grus americana}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Whooping \Whoop"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough,
      returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting
      of several expirations, followed by a sonorous
      inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough.
      --Dunglison.

   {Whooping crane} (Zool.), a North American crane ({Crus
      Americana}) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it
      utters.

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