curlew
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Definition of curlew
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
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noun
- Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
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(Australia)A stone curlew (Burhinidae spp.).
“That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.”
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Etymology
From Middle English curlew, from Old French courlieu (see French courlis), claimed to be imitative of the bird's cry but apparently assimilated with dialectal *corliu (“runner, messenger”), a variant of coureur (the bird is adept at running).
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