whooping crane

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• Whooping Crane — Taxobox name = Whooping Crane status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1| trend = stable status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2006|id=9513|title=Grus americana|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes a range map and… …   Wikipedia



• whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species. See illus. under crane. [1720 30, Amer.] * * * Migratory North American bird (Grus americana) and one of the world s rarest birds, on the verge of… …   Universalium

• Whooping crane — Whooping Whoop ing, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• whooping crane — noun Date: circa 1730 a large white nearly extinct North American crane (Grus americana) noted for its loud trumpeting call …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• whooping crane — noun , a kind of bird. Syn: sandhill crane, trumpeter crane …   Wiktionary

• whooping crane — (зоология) журавль американский (Crus americana) …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• whooping crane — [ˌhuːpɪŋ kreɪn] 1) Биология: американский журавль (Grus americana) 2) Зоология: журавль американский (Grus americana) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Whooping Crane Summer Range — is a 16,895 km² wetland complex in the boreal forests of northern Alberta and southwestern Northwest Territories in Canada. It is the only natural nesting habitat for the critically endangered whooping crane. On May 24, 1982 it was designated a… …   Wikipedia

• Whooping — Whoop ing, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Whooping cough — Whooping Whoop ing, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English