• (n.) The knot. • (n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap. • (n.) The bobolink.
May'bird` noun (Zoology) (a) The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl , May curlew , and May whaap . (b) The knot. [ Southern U. S.] (c) The bobolink.