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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) [So called from its note.]
The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus); --
called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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 (Zo["o]l.), a North American crane ({Crus
Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it
utters.
Whooping swan (Zo["o]l.), the whooper swan. See the Note
under Swan.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Whooping swan (Zo["o]l.), the whooper swan. See the Note
under Swan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) [So called from its note.]
The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus); --
called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.
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