Whooper

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whooper \Whoop"er\, n.
     One who, or that which, whooops.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Woopher swan}. (Zool.) See the Note under {Swan}.
        [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whooper
       n 1: rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and
            a trumpeting call [syn: {whooping crane}, {Grus
            americana}]
       2: common Old World swan noted for its whooping call [syn: {whooper
          swan}, {Cygnus cygnus}]