noun. Any of several brownish, long-legged shorebirds of the genus Numenius, having long, slender, downward-curving bills.

noun. A bird of the genus Numenius.

noun. A name of several grallatorial birds with slender decurved bill, not of the genus Numenius.

noun. A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.

noun. the whimbrel or lesser curlew.

noun. a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea or Tringa subarquata), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See Illustation in Appendix.

noun. Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.

noun. large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill

"The screaming of the curlew is faintly heard even at this distancehe continues to ascend, and the hawk persevere's in her spiral motion, until she has gain'd the upper flight, then hovering makes a pounce swift as lightening on the exhausted curlew, and closing her wings both fall together, until within thirty or forty yards of the ground, when opening them she is by the resisting air brought upper:"

curlew-sandpiper  pygmy curlew  spanish curlew  stone curlew  

Bristle-thighed Curlew  Eastern Curlew  Eskimo Curlew  Eurasian Curlew  Little Curlew  

limicoline bird  shore bird  shorebird  

Eskimo curlew  european curlew  numenius arquata  numenius borealis  

bittern  bustard  egret  egrets  flamingo