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tang whaup

Whaap \Whaap\, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.

  2. The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

tang whaup

Whimbrel \Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. Whimper.] (Zo["o]l) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius ph[ae]opus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix.

Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.