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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whaap n.  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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whim·brel n.  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.
 Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.
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