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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭmp′kĭn)

Noun.

(Zool.)

Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus

Aramus

, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (

Aramus giganteus

) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (

Aramus scolopaceus

) is found in South America. Called also

courlan

, and

crying bird

The limpkin

limpkin ‎(plural limpkins)

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

large bird