CURLEW


Meaning of CURLEW in English

/kerr"looh/ , n.

1. any of several shorebirds of the genus Numenius, having a long, slender, downcurved bill, as the common N. arquata, of Europe.

2. any of various similar birds.

[ 1300-50; ME curleu, c. MF corleu; perh. imit. ]

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