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whimbrel

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whim⋅brel

  [hwim-bruhl, wim-]
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–noun
a curlew, Numenius phaeopus, of both the New and Old Worlds.
Origin:
1520–30; whim (perh. imit.) + intrusive -b- + -rel
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whim·brel   (hwĭm'brəl, wĭm'-)   
n.  A grayish-brown wading bird (Numenius phaeopus) having a white, heavily streaked breast.

[Perhaps alteration of whimper (from its cry).]
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