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curlew

cur·lew [ kúr l ] (plural cur·lews)


noun 
Definition:
 
large bird with curved beak: a large shorebird with brownish feathers, long legs, and a long slender beak that curves downward. Genus Numenius.

[14th century. < Old French courlieu, variant of courlis, an imitation of its cry]
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