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Limpkin
Limpkin Limp"kin (l[i^]mp"k[i^]n), n. (Zo["o]l.) 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 (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird.

Meaning of Limpkins from wikipedia

- of the features shared by the limpkins and the cranes. It shares many morphological features with the cranes and limpkins, but also was much smaller than...
- USS Limpkin may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Limpkin (AMc-48), launched 5 April 1941 and placed out of service 15 April...
- Bonaparte, 1854 (limpkin) Genus †Badistornis Wetmore, 1940 Genus Aramus Vieillot, 1816 [Courlili Buffon, 1781; Notherodius Wagler, 1827] (limpkins) Family Psophiidae...
- Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae The limpkin is an odd bird that looks like a large rail, but is skeletally closer to the cranes. Limpkin, Aramus guarauna (R) Order:...
- rail, Laterallus jamaicensis Order: Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae The limpkin is an odd bird that looks like a large rail, but is skeletally closer to...
- ibis, common gallinule, roseate spoonbill, glossy ibis, least bittern, limpkin, mottled duck, northern rough-winged swallow, northern flicker, and sora...
- Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae The limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab-brown plumage and a grayer head and neck. Limpkin, Aramus guarauna Order: Gruiformes   Family:...
- to modern ostriches, it was formerly thought to be related to cranes, limpkins and trumpeters and that the similarities with ostriches were due to similar...
- rail, Laterallus jamaicensis (R) Order: Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae The limpkin is a large bird in a monotypic family. It is similar in appearance to the...
- and Aramidae (limpkin) are also considered to be waders too. However unlike the previously mentioned families, cranes and the limpkin were never thought...