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curlew Definition


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curlew
noun
    1. A large wading bird, with a slender down-curved bill, long legs and a two-syllable fluting call, found on open plains, moors and marshes across Europe and Asia.
Etymology: 14c: from French corlieu, perhaps imitating the bird's call.



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