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whimbrel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈʍɪmbɹɜl/ wine–whine merger

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from whimper + -el, alluding to the sound of its cry.

Meanings

1. A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
   • Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises. 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552

Forms

Deriveds

Hudsonian whimbrel

Translations (40)

no småspove (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · sv småspov (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · pt maçarico-galego (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ko 중부리도요 (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · af kleinwulp (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · es zarapito (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · gd far-ghuilbneach (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · it chiurlo piccolo (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · cy coegylfinir (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · sw membe sautisaba (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · de Regenbrachvogel (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · nl regenwulp (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · zea druup (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ru сре́дний кроншне́п (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · hu kis póling (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · rgn ciurlìn (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · gd eun-bealltainne (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ca polit (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · se guškkástat (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · fo spógvi (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · tr sürmeli kervan çulluğu (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · sq kojlik mesatar (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · it chiurletto (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · taa donadha (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ru кроншне́п (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · da lille regnspove (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · vec taragnòła (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · pl kulik (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ga crotach samhraidh (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ja 中杓鴫 (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · gd guilbneach-beag (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ca xarlot petit (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · it chiurlotto mezzano (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · fi pikkukuovi (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ga crotach eanaigh (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · is spói (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · ro culic mic (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · fr courlis corlieu (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · fy wetterwylp (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus) · bg малък свирец (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus)