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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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