Found 2 items, similar to whooping crane.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: whooping crane whooping crane n : rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call [syn: whooper, Grus americana]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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; chin cough; hooping cough. --Dunglison. Whooping crane (Zo["o]l.), a North American crane (Crus Americana ) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. Whooping swan (Zo["o]l.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan. [1913 Webster]