coolung

English

Alternative forms

• coolen, colum, cullum, kolong, kullum

Etymology

From Hindi कुलंग (kulaṅg).

Noun

coolung (plural coolungs)

1. (archaic, India) The common crane (Grus grus).

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “coolung”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
• “coolung”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.