Meaning of whooping-crane | Babel Free

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Noun. [C2]

Examples

“The adult Whooping-cranes are white, the younger birds of a brownish color.”

“[…] to the north I could hear the shrill unearthly cries of the great divers, and of whooping-cranes —the wail of banshees, and Valkyries, and the baying of Gabriel's hounds”

“The cranes are comparatively rare in this country, yet one may occasionally meet with the whooping-cranes (Grus americana) and sand-hill cranes (Grus mexicana), especially in the South and West.”

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