LIMPKIN

Meaning of LIMPKIN in English

/limp"kin/ , n.

a large, loud-voiced, wading bird, Aramus guarauna, intermediate in size and character between the cranes and the rails, of the warmer regions of America.

[ 1870-75, Amer.; LIMP 1 + -KIN; so called because of its jerky walk ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LIMPKIN — noun Etymology: perhaps from 1limp Date: 1871 a large brown wading bird ( Aramus guarauna ) of southern Georgia, Florida, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIMPKIN — ˈlimpkə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: limp (I) + -kin : a large brown wading bird ( Aramus pictus ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIMPKIN — (n.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The …
Английский словарь Webster
LIMPKIN — ( n. ) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIMPKIN — n. wading bird with a wailing call and long neck and legs and long bent beak and short rounded wings
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIMPKIN — noun Etymology: perhaps from limp (I) Date: 1871 : a large brown wading bird ( Aramus guarauna ) of southern …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIMPKIN — noun either one of two species of wading birds of the genus aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. the …
Webster English vocab
LIMPKIN — ■ noun a wading marshbird with long legs and a long bill, found in the south-eastern US and tropical America. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LIMPKIN — [limp.kin] n [perh. fr. [1]limp] (1871): a large brown wading bird (Aramus guarauna) of southern Georgia, Florida, and Central and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIMPKIN — Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) also called Courlan, or Crying Bird (species Aramus guarauna), large swamp bird of the American tropics, sole …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIMPKIN — Арама
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LIMPKIN — арама, пастушковый журавль (Aramus guarauna)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LIMPKIN — арама, пастушковый журавль ( Aramus guarauna )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LIMPKIN — арама Aramus guarauna (лат), вид журавля, распространенный во Флориде и других южных районах США
LIMPKIN — арама Aramus guarauna (лат.), вид журавля, распространенный во Флориде и других южных районах США
LIMPKIN — n. Pronunciation: ' lim(p)-k ə n Function: noun Etymology: perhaps from 1 limp Date: 1871 : a large brown wading …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CRYING BIRD — noun : limpkin
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COURLAN — ˈku̇rlən, (ˈ)ku̇r|län noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, alteration of courliri, from Galibi kurliri : a long-billed bird ( Aramus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COURLAN — /koor"leuhn/ , n. the limpkin. [ courlan kurliri ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRUIFORM — Virginia rail (Rallus limicola) Sun bittern (Eurypyga helias) (order Gruiformes), any member of a rather loose assemblage of 12 families …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ARAMUS GUARAUNA — limpkin
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ARAMUS GUARAUNA — Limpkin
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
АРАМА — Limpkin
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
ПАСТУШКОВЫЙ ЖУРАВЛЬ — (Aramus guarauna) 1) courlan 2) clucking hen 3) limpkin
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
АРАМА — 1) courlan 2) clucking hen 3) limpkin
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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