(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:29:11

Yar"whip` (?), n. [So called from its sharp cry uttered when taking wing.] Zool.

The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit.

[Prov. Eng.]

 

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