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Definition of curlew : any of various largely brownish chiefly migratory birds (especially genus Numenius) having long legs and a long slender down-curved bill and related to the sandpipers and snipes.
What does seeing a curlew mean?
The Bush Stone-curlew has a distinctive , wailing call, which has variously been described as melancholy, mournful, frightening and eeire. It has also been described as akin to the call of a screaming woman or baby and can be quite unsettling if a mob of the birds are calling at night.
How do you spell curlew bird?
curlew, any of numerous medium-sized or large shorebirds belonging to the genus Numenius (family Scolopacidae) and having a bill that is decurved, or sickle-shaped, curving downward at the tip. There are eight species. Curlews are streaked, gray or brown birds with long necks and fairly long legs.
