curlews

Variant of curlew

curlew definition

cur·lew (kʉr′lo̵̅o̅′, kʉrl′yo̵̅o̅′)

noun pl. curlews -·lews′ or curlew -·lew′

any of a genus (Numenius, family Scolopacidae) of large, brownish shorebirds with long legs and a long, down-curved bill

Etymology: ME curleu < OFr corlieu, of echoic orig., but infl. by assoc. with corlieu, messenger, courier

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