Definition of "whimbrel" in English

noun

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.