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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WHOOPER

WHOOPER Whoop "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, whooops. Woopher swan. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Swan.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

whooper

whoop er |ˈ (h )wo͞opər, ˈho͞opər ˈwʊpər | ▶noun (also whooper swan ) 1 a large migratory swan with a black and yellow bill and a loud trumpeting call, breeding in northern Eurasia and Greenland. [Cygnus cygnus, family Anatidae. ] 2 short for whooping crane.

 

Oxford Dictionary

whooper

whooper |ˈhuːpə, ˈw- |(also whooper swan ) ▶noun a large migratory swan with a black and yellow bill and a loud trumpeting call, breeding in northern Eurasia and Greenland. ●Cygnus cygnus, family Anatidae.