\Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. {Whimper}.] (Zo["o]l)
Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the
European species (Numenius ph[ae]opus), called also {Jack
curlew}, {half curlew}, {stone curlew}, and {tang whaup}. See
Illustration in {Appendix}.
{Hudsonian} or, {Eskimo}, {whimbreal}, the Hudsonian curlew.