whooping crane
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whooping crane
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
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It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Hauser’s story of calling off her marriage to her cheating, gaslighting fiance, then finding grace while studying the whooping crane off the Gulf Coast of Texas, hit all of these notes.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
Therefore, workers must wear a special costume to fool the chick into thinking it is associating with an adult whooping crane.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Fourteen long-legged, fuzzy brown whooping crane chicks — one more than in 2019 — are following their parents or costumed surrogates in facilities from New Orleans to Calgary, Canada.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
They have undergone or are currently involved in successful reintroductions to the wild: Karner blue butterfly, red wolf, black-footed ferret, whooping crane, golden-lion tamarin.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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