\Whaap\, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European curlew; -- called also {awp}, {whaup},
    {great whaup}, and {stock whaup}.
(b) The whimbrel; -- called also {May whaup}, {little whaup},
    and {tang whaup}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]