English noun: curlew | |||
1. | curlew (animal) large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill | ||
Broader (hypernym) | limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Eskimo curlew, European curlew, Numenius arquata, Numenius borealis | ||
Member meronym | genus Numenius, Numenius | ||