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单词 whimbrel
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
whim•brel  (hwimbrəl, wim-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsa curlew, Numenius phaeopus, of both the New and Old Worlds.
  • whim (perh. imitative) + intrusive -b- + -rel 1520–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
whimbrel /ˈwɪmbrəl/ n
  1. a small European curlew, Numenius phaeopus, with a striped head
Etymology: 16th Century: from dialect whimp or from whimper, alluding to its cry
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