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What (who) is curlew - definition
GENUS OF BIRDS
Curlews; Numenius (genera); Numenius (bird); Numenius (genus); Numenius (birds)
![The [[Eurasian curlew]] pictured in the coat of arms of [[Oulunsalo]], a former municipality of [[North Ostrobothnia]], [[Finland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oulunsalo.vaakuna.svg?width=200 "The [[Eurasian curlew]] pictured in the coat of arms of [[Oulunsalo]], a former municipality of [[North Ostrobothnia]], [[Finland]]")
curlew
(curlews)
A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
N-COUNT
Curlew
·noun A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
curlew
['k?:l(j)u:]
¦ noun (plural same or curlews) a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long downcurved bill and brown streaked plumage. [Numenius arquata and other species.]
Origin
ME: from OFr. courlieu, alt. (by assoc. with courliu 'courier') of imitative courlis.
Wikipedia
Curlew
The curlews () are a group of nine species of birds in the genus Numenius, characterised by their long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage. The English name is imitative of the Eurasian curlew's call, but may have been influenced by the Old French corliu, "messenger", from courir , "to run". It was first recorded in 1377 in Langland's Piers Plowman "Fissch to lyue in þe flode..Þe corlue by kynde of þe eyre". In Europe "curlew" usually refers to one species, the Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata).
Examples of use of curlew
1. Others are assigned to stations in Metaline Falls and Curlew in Washington state, as well as Whitefish, Mont.
2. Frank Andrews, 72, said he hopes to see the Bristle–thighed Curlew, a species that numbers fewer than 10,000.
3. The agency also fears that the dry conditions have affected the breeding season for protected wading birds such as Redshank, Lapwing, Snipe, Curlew and Black–tailed Godwit.
4. The hoped–to–see list in Alaska includes the Bristle–thighed Curlew, McKay‘s Bunting, Smith‘s Longspur, Red–legged Kittiwake, Emperor Goose, Aleutian Tern, Snowy Owl and various auklets, murrelets, puffins and other seabirds.
5. Ducks, geese and wading birds such as snipe and curlew will migrate south and west while larks and plovers will fly into Afghanistan and some may cross the Persian Gulf and North Africa.