LIMPKIN


Meaning of LIMPKIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlim(p)-kən ]

noun

Etymology: perhaps from limp (I)

Date: 1871

: a large brown wading bird ( Aramus guarauna ) of southern Georgia, Florida, and Central and South America that resembles a bittern but has a longer slightly curved bill, longer neck and legs, and white stripes on head and neck

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