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Definition of whimbrel in English: whimbrelnoun ˈwɪmbr(ə)lˈ(h)wɪmbrəl A small migratory curlew of northern Eurasia and northern Canada, with a striped crown and a trilling call. Numenius phaeopus, family Scolopacidae Example sentencesExamples - Assistant site manager at the English Nature reserve Craig Ralston said: ‘Although whimbrels seem to be increasing in numbers over recent years, they are still very uncommon birds.’
- Other prominent shorebirds are the whimbrels and godwits.
- Spotted redshank share their forest-marsh nesting grounds with wood sandpipers, greenshank, whimbrel, jack snipe and broad-billed sandpipers.
- This probably explains the names of the chough, crake, hoopoe, kittiwake, pipit, shrike, twite and whimbrel.
- When I came in April, the whimbrel, a summer migrant, had arrived to join the resident curlews, redshanks and oystercatchers.
- There were 29 Hudsonian godwits, several whimbrels, 2 dunlins, greater shearwaters and black tern.
Origin Mid 16th century: from whimper or synonymous dialect whimp (imitative of the bird's call) + -rel. Definition of whimbrel in US English: whimbrelnounˈ(h)wimbrəlˈ(h)wɪmbrəl A small migratory curlew of northern Eurasia and northern Canada, with a striped crown and a trilling call. Numenius phaeopus, family Scolopacidae Example sentencesExamples - Spotted redshank share their forest-marsh nesting grounds with wood sandpipers, greenshank, whimbrel, jack snipe and broad-billed sandpipers.
- This probably explains the names of the chough, crake, hoopoe, kittiwake, pipit, shrike, twite and whimbrel.
- When I came in April, the whimbrel, a summer migrant, had arrived to join the resident curlews, redshanks and oystercatchers.
- There were 29 Hudsonian godwits, several whimbrels, 2 dunlins, greater shearwaters and black tern.
- Other prominent shorebirds are the whimbrels and godwits.
- Assistant site manager at the English Nature reserve Craig Ralston said: ‘Although whimbrels seem to be increasing in numbers over recent years, they are still very uncommon birds.’
Origin Mid 16th century: from whimper or synonymous dialect whimp (imitative of the bird's call) + -rel. |