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Limpkin

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Noun

1. aramus pictus, limpkin

wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Limpkin

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noun
a rail-like wading bird, Aramus guarauna, of tropical American marshes, having dark brown plumage with white markings and a wailing cry: order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
. Also called: courlan

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Limpkin

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noun
a gruiform bird (Aramus guarauna) of a family (Aramidae) with only one species, found in Florida, Central America, the West Indies, and South America

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Limpkin

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n.
A large brownish wading bird (Aramus guarauna) of warm, swampy regions of Florida, the Caribbean islands, and Central and South America, having long legs, a curved bill, and a distinctive wailing call. Also called courlan.

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