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wimbrel

wimbrel is the alternative form of whimbrel.

Meaning of whimbrel

Noun

whimbrel (plural whimbrels)

  1. A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
    • 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.1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552

Forms of wimbrel

pluralwimbrels

Questions about wimbrel

What is wimbrel the alternative form of?
Wimbrel is the alternative form of whimbrel.

Words near wimbrel in the dictionary

  1. Wimblington
  2. Wimbo
  3. Wimboldsley
  4. Wimborne
  5. Wimborne Minster
  6. wimbrel
  7. wimbrels
  8. Wimbush
  9. Wimbushes
  10. wimdy
  11. wimen

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