curlew
Noun
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Large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family;
Closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill (synset 102036215)is a type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuariessubtypes:- european curlew, numenius arquata - common Eurasian curlew
- eskimo curlew, numenius borealis - New World curlew that breeds in northern North America
belongs to: genus numenius, numenius - curlews
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