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Definition of Curlew

1. Noun. Large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill.

Definition of Curlew

1. n. A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.

Definition of Curlew

1. Noun. Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus ''Numenius'' of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills. ¹

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Definition of Curlew

1. a shore bird [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curlew

Literary usage of Curlew

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"The Long-billed curlew is a constant resident in the southern districts of the United States, whereas the other species are only autumnal and winter ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"The Whimbrel, Ruff, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, and Eskimo curlew on Long Island, NY— Through the courtesy of Mr. John H. Hendrickson of Jamaica, NY, ..."

3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"This bird is about the size of our curlew, and in most respects might be called, ... The bill is long and slightly bent, very much like our curlew, ..."

4. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"THE Hudsonian curlew occurs throughout North America, breeding at the ponds and lakes of the arctic regions and in all parts In California it is abundant as ..."

5. Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker, William Trotter Porter (1846)
"curlew. THE Long-billed curlew is generally of a pale reddish-brown colour, with the upper part of its throat, and a band from the bill to the eye, ..."

6. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"ONE of the earliest notices of the curlew Sandpiper, or Pigmy curlew, as a British bird, occurs in Boy's ' History of Sandwich,' in reference to a specimen ..."

7. A History of British Birds: The Figures Engraved on Wood by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"Buffon describes fifteen species and varieties of the curlew, and Latham ten, only two or three of which are British birds. They feed upon worms, ..."

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