WHIMBREL


Meaning of WHIMBREL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhwim-brəl, ˈwim- ]

noun

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: circa 1531

: a curlew ( Numenius phaeopus ) chiefly of the northern coastal regions of North America and Eurasia

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