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whooper swans

whooper swans is the plural of whooper swan.

Meaning of whooper swan

Noun

whooper swan (plural whooper swans)

  1. A species of swan, Cygnus cygnus, of the taxonomic family Anatidae.
    • The thought of life with him filled her with exultation. She could leap up, like the whooper swan, spread her silver wings, and shout her song of rapture and of defiance, like a trumpet.1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter 7, in Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes, London: Smith, Elder & Co., published 1884, page 103

Questions about whooper swans

What is whooper swans the plural of?
Whooper swans is the plural of whooper swan.

Words near whooper swans in the dictionary

  1. whoopeedoo
  2. whoopeeing
  3. whoopees
  4. whooper
  5. whooper swan
  6. whooper swans
  7. whoopers
  8. whoopeth
  9. Whoopi
  10. whoopie
  11. whoopie cushion

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