'Whooping swan' definitions:
Definition of 'Whooping swan'
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- 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]
Definition of 'whooping swan'
From: GCIDE
- Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zool.) [So called from its note.] The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk. Hoopoe