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Curlew

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Noun

1. curlew

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Curlew

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noun
any large shore bird of the genus Numenius, such as N. arquata of Europe and Asia: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes. They have a long downward-curving bill and occur in northern and arctic regions
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Curlew

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcurˌlews or ˈcurˌlew
any of a genus (Numenius, family Scolopacidae) of large, brownish shorebirds with long legs and a long, down-curved bill

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Curlew

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n.
Any of several brownish, long-legged shorebirds of the genus Numenius, having long, slender, downward-curving bills.

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