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limpkin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun limpkin has 1 sense
- limpkin(n = noun.animal) aramus pictus - wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call; Array is a kind of wader, wading bird
is a member of gruiformes, order gruiformes
CIDE DICTIONARY
limpkin, n.
Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus , intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (Aramus giganteus ) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (Aramus scolopaceus ) is found in South America. Called also courlan , and crying bird . [1913 Webster]
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