Whaup

2 definitions found

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

  Whaap \Whaap\, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zool.)
     (a) The European curlew; -- called also {awp}, {whaup},
         {great whaup}, and {stock whaup}.
     (b) The whimbrel; -- called also {May whaup}, {little whaup},
         and {tang whaup}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whaup \Whaup\ (hw[add]p), n. (Zool.)
     See {Whaap}. [Prov. Eng.]
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