LIMPKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limpkin mean? 

• LIMPKIN (noun)
  The noun LIMPKIN has 1 sense:

1. wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call

  Familiarity information: LIMPKIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMPKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aramus pictus; limpkin

Hypernyms ("limpkin" is a kind of...):

wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

Holonyms ("limpkin" is a member of...):

Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)