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whaup [wɔːp (Scot) hwɔːp]
n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Chiefly Scot a popular name for the curlew [related to Old English huilpe, ultimately imitative of the bird's cry; compare Low German regenwilp sandpiper] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Whaup, for example, has been applied to curlew, avocet, and blue tit, and barley-bird to an astonishing tally of at least seven other species: common gull, greenfinch, grey wagtail, nightingale, siskin, wheatear, and wryneck. Sadly, too many people will think it is a foreign language, especially when they hear a lanky, lugubrious person is "like a whaup on stilts gaun' tae a snipe's funeral". |
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