Hudsonian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hudsonian \Hud*so"ni*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as,
     the Hudsonian curlew.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Whimbrel \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}.
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     {Hudsonian} or, {Eskimo}, {whimbreal}, the Hudsonian curlew.
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