英语词汇“whimbrel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

whimbrel

/ˈwɪmbr(ə)l

noun

A small migratory curlew of northern Eurasia and northern Canada, with a striped crown and a trilling call.

There were 29 Hudsonian godwits, several whimbrels, 2 dunlins, greater shearwaters and black tern....

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.

Mid 16th century: from whimper or synonymous dialect whimp (imitative of the bird's call) + -rel.

单词	whimbrel
释义	whimbrel /ˈwɪmbr(ə)l / noun A small migratory curlew of northern Eurasia and northern Canada, with a striped crown and a trilling call. Numenius phaeopus, family Scolopacidae. There were 29 Hudsonian godwits, several whimbrels, 2 dunlins, greater shearwaters and black tern.... 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. Origin Mid 16th century: from whimper or synonymous dialect whimp (imitative of the bird's call) + -rel. Rhymes timbrel
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