Definition of "limpkin" []

• A large brownish wading bird (Aramus guarauna) of warm, swampy regions of the New World, having long legs, a drooping bill, and a distinctive wailing call. Also called courlan. (noun)

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• "I see a limpkin and a wood stork — not birds you see every day, even in the backcountry of Florida."
• "The limpkin, a rare wading bird with a dagger beak, stalks the edges of the Little River and park lake."