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Noun: limpkin  limp-kin
  1. Wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
    "The limpkin's diet consists mainly of apple snails";
    - Aramus pictus

Derived forms: limpkins

Type of: wader, wading bird

Part of: Gruiformes, order Gruiformes

Encyclopedia: Limpkin