Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whooper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whooper \Whoop"er\, n.
One who, or that which, whooops.
{Woopher swan}. (Zo["o]l.) See the Note under {Swan}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whooper
n 1: rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and
a trumpeting call [syn: {whooping crane}, {Grus
americana}]
2: common Old World swan noted for its whooping call [syn: {whooper
swan}, {Cygnus cygnus}]
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