whimbrel

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from whimper +‎ -el, alluding to the sound of its cry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʍɪmbɹɜl/ (in accents without the wine–whine merger)

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.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

Derived terms

• Hudsonian whimbrel

 

Translations

a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus

• Afrikaans: kleinwulp
• Albanian: kojlik mesatar m
• Bulgarian: малък свирец m (malǎk svirec)
• Catalan: becut m, xarlot m
• Danish: lille regnspove
• Dutch: regenwulp (nl)
• Faroese: spógvi (fo) m
• Finnish: pikkukuovi (fi)
• French: courlis corlieu (fr) m
• German: Regenbrachvogel m
• Hungarian: kis póling
• Icelandic: spói (is) m
• Irish: crotach eanaigh m, crotach samhraidh m
• Italian: chiurlo piccolo m, chiurletto m, chiurlotto mezzano m
• Navajo: daakʼį́į́ʼ yázhí
• Northern Sami: guškkástat
• Norwegian: småspove
• Portuguese: maçarico-galego m
• Romagnol: ciurlìn m
• Russian: сре́дний кроншне́п (ru) m (srédnij kronšnép), кроншне́п (ru) m (kronšnép)
• Scottish Gaelic: eun-bealltainne m, guilbneach-beag m, far-ghuilbneach f
• Spanish: zarapito (es) m
• Swedish: småspov (sv)
• Venetian: taragnòła f
• Welsh: coegylfinir m
• West Frisian: wetterwylp
• Zealandic: druup m