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whabby
[perhaps Brit. dial. wabbly an unfledged bird]
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See 1956 quote.
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1770
The rest of the party killed four grouse, one curlew, one auntsary, and a whabby.
1956
Red-throated Loon [is also called] . . . whabby (Spelled also wabby, waby, and wobby. Possibly derived from "wobble," a name for the extinct Great Auk which alluded to the bird's awkwardness on land. Early use Cartwright 1792. Nfld., "Labr.", Que.). . . .