(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:24:03

Whim"brel (?), n. [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.

 

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