whaup

[ hwahp, hwawp, wahp, wawp ]

/ ʰwɑp, ʰwɔp, wɑp, wɔp /

a curlew, Numenius arquata.

Origin of whaup

1505–15; perhaps representing earlier *whalp, akin (by gradation) to Old English hwilpe plover

"You're a pretty invalid," said the Whaup to Coquette as they went ashore for a scramble.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol. I |Various
I wadna gie ae wheeple of a whaup for a the nichtingales in England.

Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance |Various
As he ran he made ridiculous efforts to cry like a whaup in the hope of summoning the Die-Hards.

Huntingtower |John Buchan
Indeed, not so much as a whaup came near me on that great, wide, dappled hill.

The Men of the Moss-Hags |S. R. Crockett

"She has got the best part of all religions if she does her best for the people about her," said the Whaup.

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whaup

/ (wɔːp, Scottish hwɔːp) /

mainly Scot a popular name for the curlew

C16: related to Old English huilpe, ultimately imitative of the bird's cry; compare Low German regenwilp sandpiper