Word Meanings - CURLEW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill. Note: The common European curlew is N. arquatus. The long-billed (N. longirostris), the Hudsonian , and the Eskimo curlew (N. borealis, are American species. The

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A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill. Note: The common European curlew is N. arquatus. The long-billed (N. longirostris), the Hudsonian , and the Eskimo curlew (N. borealis, are American species. The name is said to imitate the note of the European species. Curlew Jack the whimbrel or lesser curlew. -- Curlew sandpiper , a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea, or subarquata), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See Illustation in Appendix. (more info) imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus courier; L. currere to run +

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