Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The book-name of birds of the genus Aramus: as, the scolopaceous courlan, Aramus scolopaceus, of South America. Also called carau, crying-bird, and limpkin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.
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- noun
limpkin
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wading bird of South America and Central America
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, perhaps alteration of courliri, from Galibi kurliri.]
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Examples
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One is the courlan, called "crazy widow" from its mourning plumage and long melancholy screams, which on still evenings may be heard a league away.
hernesheir commented on the word courlan
A bird word.
November 25, 2010
reesetee commented on the word courlan
*yoink*
November 25, 2010