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curlew

DEFINITIONS OF: curlew

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n large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill

Types:
European curlew, Numenius arquata
common Eurasian curlew
Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis
New World curlew that breeds in northern North America
Type of:
limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
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