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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)