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whooping swan
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 .
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]
