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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

limp•kin n.

Birdsa large, loud-voiced, wading bird, Aramus guarauna, intermediate in size and character between the cranes and the rails, of the warmer regions of America.

1870–75, American; limp¹ + -kin; so called because of its jerky walk

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