Meaning Of The Word Curlew
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What's The Definition Of Curlew?
curlew
countable noun: A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry. curlew in American English any of a genus (Numenius, family Scolopacidae) of large, brownish shorebirds with long legs and a long, down-curved bill noun: any of several shorebirds of the genus Numenius, having a long, slender, downcurved bill, as the common N. arquata, of Europe curlew in British English 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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