Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Whaap \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.]

Whimbrel \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.