different between whaup vs whaap

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whaup (plural whaups)

Sometimes great whaup is used for the curlew, as opposed to little whaup for the whimbrel.

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whaup (plural whaups)

So called from one of its notes.

whaap (plural whaaps)

(Britain, Scotland, dialect) The European curlew; called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
(Britain, Scotland, dialect) The whimbrel; called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.

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