whimbrel
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European subspecies of whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from whimper + -el, alluding to the sound of its cry.
Pronunciation
- (wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈʍɪmbɹɜl/
Noun
whimbrel (plural whimbrels)
- A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
- 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:
Derived terms
Translations
a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus
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