Whimbrel
Pronunciation : Whim"brel
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Whimper.] (Zo
Definition : Defn: Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius ph?opus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix. Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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