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whaup

noun
\ ˈhwȯp How to pronounce whaup (audio) , ˈwȯp\
plural whaup also whaups

Definition of whaup

chiefly Scotland
: a European curlew (Numenius arquata)

First Known Use of whaup

circa 1512, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for whaup

imitative

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