whimbrel

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
    — Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

词形变化

whimbrels plural

词源

Uncertain. Perhaps from whimper + -el, alluding to the sound of its cry.
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