Meaning Of The Word Curlew

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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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