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whimbrel

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Noun
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whim=brel

CIDE DICTIONARY

whimbreln. [Cf. Whimper.].
     Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phæopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix.  [1913 Webster]
Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

whimbrel, n. a small curlew, esp. Numenius phaeopus.

Etymology
WHIMPER (imit.): cf. dotterel

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