whimbrel

whimbrel englanniksi

1. A large migratory bird, (taxfmt), of the family (taxfmt), with a long downcurved bill.

2. 1876, "Britannica, Ninth Edition/Burmah|Burmah" in the :s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition|''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 9th ed., Britannica, Ninth Edition/Volume IV|Vol. IV, Britannica, Ninth Edition/Burmah|p. 552:

Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (''melanogaster|Flotus melanogaster''), scissor-bills ((taxfmt)), adjutants ((taxfmt)), pelicans, cormorants, cranes ((taxfmt), in Burmese ''gyoja''), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.