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whaup (hwôp, wôp)

noun

Chiefly Scot. curlew

Etymology: prob. < or akin to OE whilpe, curlew, akin to hwelp: see whelp

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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