The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zool.) [So called from its note.]
The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); --
called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk. Hoopoe
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whooping \Whoop"ing\,
a. & n. from Whoop, v. t.
[1913 Webster]
Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough,
returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting
of several expirations, followed by a sonorous
inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough.
--Dunglison.
Whooping crane (Zool.), a North American crane (Crus
Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it
utters.
Whooping swan (Zool.), the whooper swan. See the Note under
Swan.
[1913 Webster]