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Definition of whooper in English: whooper(also whooper swan) noun ˈwuːpəˈhuːpə A large migratory swan with a black and yellow bill and a loud trumpeting call, breeding in northern Eurasia and Greenland. Cygnus cygnus, family Anatidae Example sentencesExamples - Today, fewer than 200 whoopers survive in the wild, most migrating with sandhill cranes between Canada and Texas.
- Fewer than a dozen of those whoopers continue to migrate with their adoptive parents, but none of them has yet produced offspring.
- Three juvenile female whoopers made their way to South Dakota.
- One whooper and five Bewick's swans have been fitted with transmitters which will enable them to be visibly tracked by satellite and followed online.
- As the fall of 2002 approached, researchers hoped the cranes would fly south unassisted, while a new flock of whoopers trailed ultralights.
Rhymes blooper, cooper, Cowper, duper, grouper, Hooper, looper, pea-souper, pupa, scooper, snooper, stupa, stupor, super, trooper, trouper Definition of whooper in US English: whooper(also whooper swan) noun 1A large migratory swan with a black and yellow bill and a loud trumpeting call, breeding in northern Eurasia and Greenland. Cygnus cygnus, family Anatidae Example sentencesExamples - Fewer than a dozen of those whoopers continue to migrate with their adoptive parents, but none of them has yet produced offspring.
- Three juvenile female whoopers made their way to South Dakota.
- One whooper and five Bewick's swans have been fitted with transmitters which will enable them to be visibly tracked by satellite and followed online.
- Today, fewer than 200 whoopers survive in the wild, most migrating with sandhill cranes between Canada and Texas.
- As the fall of 2002 approached, researchers hoped the cranes would fly south unassisted, while a new flock of whoopers trailed ultralights.
2 short for whooping crane
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