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