whimbrel

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʍɪmbɹɜl/

Noun

whimbrel (plural whimbrels)

European subspecies of whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus

1. A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.

Translations

a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus

• Danish: lille regnspove
• Faroese: spógvi (fo) m
• Finnish: pikkukuovi (fi)
• German: Regenbrachvogel m
• Hungarian: kis póling (hu)
• Icelandic: spói (is) m
• Northern Sami: guškkástat

• Norwegian: småspove
• Russian: средний кроншнеп (ru) (srédnij kronšnép) m, кроншнеп (ru) (kronšnép) m
• Scottish Gaelic: eun-bealltainne (gd) m, guilbneach-beag (gd) m, far-ghuilbneach (gd) f
• Spanish: zarapito (es) m
• Swedish: småspov (sv)
• West Frisian: wetterwylp