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Webster 1913 Edition

Whimbrel

Whim′brel

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Whimbrel

WHINBREL

, WHIMBREL,
Noun.
A bird resembling the curlew.

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