transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkər-(ˌ)lü, ˈkərl-(ˌ)yü ]
noun
( plural curlews or curlew )
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French curleu, of imitative origin
Date: 14th century
: any of various largely brownish chiefly migratory birds (especially genus Numenius ) having long legs and a long slender down-curved bill and related to the sandpipers and snipes