Definitions for limpkin

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limpkin limp·kin

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IPA: /ˈlɪmp kɪn/

Limpkin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in limpkin (iiklmnp).

Definitions for limpkin

noun

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

Origin of limpkin

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

Examples for limpkin

The limpkin is a singular inhabitant of the more retired Florida swamps.

They can run rapidly, having a peculiar mincing gait, that is said to have given them the name of limpkin.