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hudsonian |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hudsonian \Hud*so"ni*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as the Hudsonian curlew.
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