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whim·brel

(wĭm′brəl, hwĭm′-)

A grayish-brown migratory shorebird (Numenius phaeopus) that breeds primarily in subarctic regions and has a long, downward-curving bill.

[Perhaps alteration of whimper (from its cry).]

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whimbrel

(ˈwɪmbrəl)

(Animals) a small European curlew, Numenius phaeopus, with a striped head

[C16: from dialect whimp or from whimper, alluding to its cry]

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whim•brel

(ˈʰwɪm brəl, ˈwɪm-)

n.

a curlew, Numenius phaeopus, of both the New and Old Worlds.

[1520–30; orig. uncertain]

Translations

zarapito

pikkukuovi

kis póling

spói

whimbrel

[ˈwɪmbrəl] N → zarapito m

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Their logo is the little whimbrel, which marks the discovery of that species at Sker Point, near Porthcawl, in 1982 - the first record ever for this species in the United Kingdom.

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Now, more than 60 years after the bloody Battle of the Atlantic ended, the Royal Navy sailors who took part are finally to get a lasting memorial in the shape of a restored convoy escort, HMS Whimbrel.

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