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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 meronymgenus Numenius, Numenius









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