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courlan

American

[koor-luhn] / ˈkʊər lən /

noun

the limpkin.

courlan British

/ ˈkʊələn /

noun

another name for limpkin

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Etymology

Origin of courlan

< French courlan < Carib; akin to Galibi kurliri

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One is the courlan, called "crazy widow" from its mourning plumage and long melancholy screams, which on still evenings may be heard a league away.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

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