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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[So called from one of its notes.]

(Zool.)

(a)

The European curlew; – called also

awp

whaup

great whaup

, and

stock whaup

(b)

The whimbrel; – called also

May whaup

little whaup

, and

tang whaup

[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

whaap ‎(plural whaaps)

(Britain, Scotland, dialect) The European curlew; called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
(Britain, Scotland, dialect) The whimbrel; called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.