whimbreln.

Brit.

/ˈwɪmbr(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪmbrəl/

Forms: 1500s whympernell (?), 1600s, 1800s wimbrel, 1800s whimbrell, 1600s– whimbrel.

Etymology: ? < whimp v. or whimper v., from the bird's cry. Compare for the ending dotterel, titterel.

Applied to various small species of curlew, esp. the European Numenius phæopus.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius phaeopus (whimbrel)

spowe1519

whimbrel1530

May-chick1577

jack curlew1770

May-bird1791

tang-whaup1808

May-fowl1852

May jack1880

May curlew1885

crooked-bill marlin1886

1530–1 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 46 3 curleus et 1 whympernell 13d.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 294 The Whimbrel: Arquata minor,..Mr. Johnson of Brignal, in his Papers communicated to us, describes this Bird by the name of a Whimbrel thus. It is less by half than the Curlew, hath a crooked Bill, but shorter by an inch and more.

1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 997 Curlews something less than our English, tho' bigger than a Wimbrel.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 119 The Whimbrel is much less frequent on our shores than the curlew.

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland vi. 100 Whimbrel and golden plover pipe and wail in all directions.

1897 Spectator 14 Aug. 210/1 On the fringe of a muddy creek..were some thirty whimbrel..with three or four curlews.

1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village 102 There are wimbrels and curlews that have been shot here..stuffed and hung up in glass cases.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whimbrel
释义	whimbreln. Brit. /ˈwɪmbr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪmbrəl/ Forms: 1500s whympernell (?), 1600s, 1800s wimbrel, 1800s whimbrell, 1600s– whimbrel. Etymology: ? < whimp v. or whimper v., from the bird's cry. Compare for the ending dotterel, titterel. Applied to various small species of curlew, esp. the European Numenius phæopus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius phaeopus (whimbrel) spowe1519 whimbrel1530 May-chick1577 jack curlew1770 May-bird1791 tang-whaup1808 May-fowl1852 May jack1880 May curlew1885 crooked-bill marlin1886 1530–1 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 46 3 curleus et 1 whympernell 13d. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 294 The Whimbrel: Arquata minor,..Mr. Johnson of Brignal, in his Papers communicated to us, describes this Bird by the name of a Whimbrel thus. It is less by half than the Curlew, hath a crooked Bill, but shorter by an inch and more. 1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 997 Curlews something less than our English, tho' bigger than a Wimbrel. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 119 The Whimbrel is much less frequent on our shores than the curlew. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland vi. 100 Whimbrel and golden plover pipe and wail in all directions. 1897 Spectator 14 Aug. 210/1 On the fringe of a muddy creek..were some thirty whimbrel..with three or four curlews. 1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village 102 There are wimbrels and curlews that have been shot here..stuffed and hung up in glass cases. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1530
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