whaup

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whaup - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whaap \Whaap\, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zool.)
     (a) The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup,
         great whaup, and stock whaup.
     (b) The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup,
         and tang whaup. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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  Whaup \Whaup\ (hw[add]p), n. (Zool.)
     See Whaap. [Prov. Eng.]
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