Meanings
nounlimpkin (plural limpkins)
plural limpkins
- A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida.
Synonyms: carrao, courlan, crying bird
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
nounwading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
Similar
Aramus pictus
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Perhaps from limp, from its jerky manner of walking, + -kin.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch koerlan
- koerlanlarge bird
Finnish kotilokurki
- kotilokurkilarge bird
French courlan brun
- courlan brunlarge bird
German Rallenkranich
- Rallenkranichlarge bird
Japanese 鶴擬
- 鶴擬 (tsuru-modoki)large bird
Russian ара́ма, пастушко́вый жура́вль
- ара́ма (aráma)large bird
- пастушко́вый жура́вль (pastuškóvyj žurávlʹ)large bird
Spanish carrao, carau
- carraolarge bird
- caraularge bird
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APA
limpkin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limpkin
MLA
“limpkin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limpkin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limpkin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limpkin.
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