The Collaborative International Dictionary
May whaup
Whaap \Whaap\, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]