Whaap \Whaap\, n. [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.]
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