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| whim·brel [ wímbrəl, hwímbrəl ] (plural whim·brel or whim·brels) |
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bird with downward curving bill: a large shorebird with a long downward-curving beak, related to the curlew. Latin name Numenius phaeopus.
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| [Mid-16th century. < obsolete dialect whimp "whimper" (with reference to the bird's cry), or <whimper] |
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