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/ˈʍɪmbɹɜl/ · noun
A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill..
Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
Use whimbrel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whimbrel means A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill..
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Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
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