whimbrel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whimbrel
1520–30; whim (perhaps imitative) + intrusive -b- + -rel
Example Sentences
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Another shorebird, the whimbrel, also makes a phenomenally long journey over the ocean.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2022
And it did: Gone were the whimbrel and the white-rumped sandpiper the team had scouted earlier.
From Washington Post • May 24, 2016
In August 2011, scientists used a radio tag to map the path of one intrepid whimbrel across the width of Hurricane Irene.
From Slate • Oct. 29, 2012
The whimbrel that lost its nest migrated from perhaps Baja.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2010
The muddy shores swarmed with water-birds—herons, whimbrel, redshanks, and others—and we surprised a monstrous crocodile, little less than 20 feet long, who rushed into the stream long before our guns were ready.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden
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