whooper swan

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   common Old World swan noted for its whooping call

   SynonymswhooperCygnus cygnus

   Broaderswan

   Part ofCygnus

Questions about whooper swan

What does whooper swan mean?

whooper swan means "common Old World swan noted for its whooping call".

What is another word for whooper swan?

Close synonyms include whooper, Cygnus cygnus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whooper swan a common word?

whooper swan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.