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whimbrel

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whim·brel  (hwmbrl, wm-)
n.
A grayish-brown wading bird (Numenius phaeopus) having a white, heavily streaked breast.
[Perhaps alteration of whimper (from its cry).]
whimbrel [ˈwɪmbrəl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small European curlew, Numenius phaeopus, with a striped head
[from dialect whimp or from whimper, alluding to its cry]
Translations
whimbrel [ˈwɪmbrəl] N → zarapito m
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Liverpool chief campaigner John Livingston and Whimbrel project chairman Rear Admiral Michael Gretton will visit Cherie Blair, QC, at her London office on November 26 to discuss ways of overcoming the quadrupling of Whimbrel's sale price by Egyptian defence minister Field Marshall Tantawi, which has stalled the deal with the Egyptian Navy.
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