"limpkin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: limpkins [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from limp, from its jerky manner of walking, + -kin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} limpkin (plural limpkins)
  1. A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida. Categories (lifeform): Gruiforms Synonyms: carrao, courlan, crying bird Translations (large bird): koerlan (Dutch), kotilokurki (Finnish), courlan brun [masculine] (French), Rallenkranich [masculine] (German), 鶴擬 (tsuru-modoki) (Japanese), dééłdaashiyishí (Navajo), ара́ма (aráma) [feminine] (Russian), пастушко́вый жура́вль (pastuškóvyj žurávlʹ) [masculine] (Russian), carrao [masculine] (Spanish), carau [masculine] (Spanish)

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