WHIMBREL


Meaning of WHIMBREL in English

/hwim"breuhl, wim"-/ , n.

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

[ 1520-30; whim (perh. imit.) + intrusive -b- + -REL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .