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Webster 1913 Edition

Whaap

Whaap

,

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.]