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whimbrel

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whimbrel /ˈwɪmbr(ə)l/

▶noun a small migratory curlew with a striped crown and a trilling call. [Numenius phaeopus.]

– origin C16: from whimper or synonymous dial. whimp (imitative of the bird's call) + -rel.

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