whaup
1Whaup — (hw[add]p), n. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Whaap}. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …
2whaup — [hwôp, wôp] n. [prob. < or akin to OE whilpe, curlew, akin to hwelp: see WHELP] Chiefly Scot. CURLEW …
3whaup — Whaap Whaap, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo[ o]l.) (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.] …
4whaup — noun (plural whaup; also whaups) Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1512 chiefly Scottish a European curlew (Numenius arquata) …
5whaup — /hwahp, hwawp, wahp, wawp/, n. Scot. a curlew, Numenius arquata. [1505 15; perh. repr. earlier *whalp, akin (by gradation) to OE hwilpe plover] * * * …
6whaup — noun curlew …
7whaup — [(h)wɔ:p] noun chiefly Scottish another term for curlew. Origin C16: imitative of its cry …
8whaup — n. esp. Sc. a curlew. Etymology: imit. of its cry …
9great whaup — Whaap Whaap, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo[ o]l.) (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.] …
10little whaup — Whaap Whaap, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo[ o]l.) (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.] …