curlew : Idioms & Phrases

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Curlew Jack

  • (Zoöl.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew.
Webster 1913

Curlew sandpiper

  • noun Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
    Calidris Ferruginea.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea, ∨ subarquata), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See Illustation in Appendix.
Webster 1913

eskimo curlew

  • noun New World curlew that breeds in northern North America
    Numenius borealis.
WordNet

european curlew

  • noun common Eurasian curlew
    Numenius arquata.
WordNet

Jack curlew

  • (Zoöl.), the whimbrel.
Webster 1913

Stone curlew

  • noun large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
    Burhinus oedicnemus; thick-knee.
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A large plover found in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel . Prov. Eng. (c) The willet. Local, U.S.
Webster 1913