[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 zool., a north american crane crus
      americana noted for the loud, whooplike note which it
      utters.

   whooping swan zool., the whooper swan. see the note under
      swan.
      1913 webster
see also:
whoop whooping cough whooping crane crus americana whooping swan swan 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

whooping crane
     n : rare north american crane having black-and-white plumage and
         a trumpeting call syn: whooper, grus americana
see also:
whooper grus americana 

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