ˈku̇rlən, (ˈ)ku̇r|län noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, alteration of courliri, from Galibi kurliri
: a long-billed bird ( Aramus guarana ) intermediate in some respects between the cranes and the rails that occurs in much of So. and Central America and is represented in Florida, Cuba, and Jamaica by the limpkin