limpkin

English

The limpkin

Etymology

Perhaps from limp, from its jerky manner of walking, + -kin.

Noun

limpkin (plural limpkins)

1. A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida.

Synonyms

• carrao
• courlan
• crying bird

Translations

large bird

• Dutch: koerlan (nl)
• Finnish: kotilokurki (fi)
• French: courlan brun (fr) m
• German: Rallenkranich m
• Japanese: 鶴擬 (tsuru-modoki)
• Navajo: dééłdaashiyishí
• Russian: ара́ма (ru) f (aráma), пастушко́вый жура́вль m (pastuškóvyj žurávlʹ)
• Spanish: carrao m, carau m