whooper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of whooper
Example Sentences
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In January, cases of bird flu were confirmed in a wild goose found near Dungannon, a buzzard near Moira, and a whooper swan in Portballintrae.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
In the harvested corn fields, big flocks of muddy whooper swans were eating leftovers, but apart from them, not a bird sang.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
The 1,400-acre reserve was established by Sir Peter Scott to provide a winter home for barnacle geese, but also attracts many other types of wildlife, including badgers, whooper swans and natterjack toads.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2014
Although great bird artist John James Audubon believed incorrectly that whooping cranes and sandhill cranes were the same species, with the sandhill's gray-brown a juvenile coloring, his portrait of the whooper was dead-on.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2010
He hastened to assure the whooper that he was awake and afoot.
From Galusha the Magnificent by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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