trumpeter
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- noun
- /ˈtrʌmpɪtər/
- US
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cisne trompetero
- Something between a whooping crane and a trumpeter swan. "There was that beat, where everyone waits for ignition, and then Sonny laughed and laughed and laughed.
- trumpeter swan
- cranes and trumpeter swans
And I came around the bend and saw a group of Swans, trumpeter Swans, which are either either endangered or threatened.
- And I came around the bend and saw a group of Swans, trumpeter Swans, which are either either endangered or threatened.
Examples
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There on the water, an elegant trumpeter swan swam by itself in the morning's first rays of sun.
Blog text (13) -
The conservation community has worked to protect the habitat of the trumpeter swan in North America.
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One worked on a hatch box for endangered trumpeter swans, another on bluebird houses.
Academic text (1998) -
And I came around the bend and saw a group of Swans, trumpeter Swans, which are either either endangered or threatened.
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And I came around the bend and saw a group of Swans, trumpeter Swans, which are either either endangered or threatened.
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And if geese can do this then maybe really rare birds... ...like whooping cranes and trumpeter swans can learn it too.
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These lead weights are responsible for 52 percent of all loon deaths, 32 percent of all trumpeter swan deaths, and 25 percent of all bald eagle deaths.
Academic text (2010) -
On a pond near camp were trumpeter swans, the world's largest wild swans.
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During the migration season, we spotted a flock of trumpeter swans gracefully gliding across the lake.
Synonyms
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A large white swan with a loud, trumpet-like call
A large white wild swan with a loud trumpet call from western North America
Compounds
A bird from Brazil and Guiana that makes a loud long call and guards chickens
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The trumpeter swan is named for its loud, trumpet-like call, so the bird's name comes from trumpet because its voice sounds like that instrument. That is why a trumpeter swan is called a 'trumpeter'.