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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whimbrel \Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. Whimper.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster] Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew. [1913 Webster]