whaap

Noun

(plural whaaps)

(UK, Scotland, dialect) The European curlew; called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) The whimbrel; called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.

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So called from one of its notes.

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