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Definition of: curlew
(kûr′ly) noun
1. A shore bird (family Scolopacidae), with long bill and legs, as the European curlew (Numenius arquatus) and the Hudsonian curlew (Phaeopus hudsonicus).
2. Any bird superficially resembling the curlew. [<OF corlieu, courlieus; orig. imit., infl. in form by OF courlieu messenger]
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