See Also: Siegle(medicine)

whooper (iou) and Siegle (medicine)


whooper (iou)



whooper noun. . M16.
[from WHOOP verb + -ER1.]
A person who or animal that whoops; spec. (a) = whooper swan below; (b) N. Amer. = whooping crane s.v. WHOOPING ppl adjective.
Comb.: whooper swan a large swan, Cygnus cygnus, which has a yellow and black bill and breeds in northern Eurasia and Greenland.

Siegle (medicine)


Siegle


Emil, German otologist, 1833-1900.

See: Siegle's otoscope.