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Numenius
(gcide) | Numenius \Numenius\ prop. n.
A genus of birds comprising certain of the curlews.
Syn: genus Numenius.
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numenius
(wn) | Numenius
n 1: curlews [syn: Numenius, genus Numenius] |
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Numenius arquatus
(gcide) | Curlew \Cur"lew\ (k[^u]r"l[=u]), n. [F. courlieu, corlieu,
courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus
courier; L. currere to run + levis light.] (Zool.)
A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its
long, slender, curved bill.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European curlew is Numenius arquatus. The
long-billed (Numenius longirostris), the Hudsonian
(Numenius Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew
(Numenius borealis, are American species. The name is
said to imitate the note of the European species.
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Curlew Jack (Zool.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew.
Curlew sandpiper (Zool.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea
or Tringa subarquata), common in Europe, rare in
America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved
bill. See Illustation in Appendix.
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Numenius borealis
(gcide) | Curlew \Cur"lew\ (k[^u]r"l[=u]), n. [F. courlieu, corlieu,
courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus
courier; L. currere to run + levis light.] (Zool.)
A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its
long, slender, curved bill.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European curlew is Numenius arquatus. The
long-billed (Numenius longirostris), the Hudsonian
(Numenius Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew
(Numenius borealis, are American species. The name is
said to imitate the note of the European species.
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Curlew Jack (Zool.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew.
Curlew sandpiper (Zool.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea
or Tringa subarquata), common in Europe, rare in
America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved
bill. See Illustation in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]Doughbird \Dough"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.
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Numenius Hudsonicus
(gcide) | Curlew \Cur"lew\ (k[^u]r"l[=u]), n. [F. courlieu, corlieu,
courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus
courier; L. currere to run + levis light.] (Zool.)
A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its
long, slender, curved bill.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European curlew is Numenius arquatus. The
long-billed (Numenius longirostris), the Hudsonian
(Numenius Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew
(Numenius borealis, are American species. The name is
said to imitate the note of the European species.
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Curlew Jack (Zool.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew.
Curlew sandpiper (Zool.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea
or Tringa subarquata), common in Europe, rare in
America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved
bill. See Illustation in Appendix.
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Numenius longirostris
(gcide) | Curlew \Cur"lew\ (k[^u]r"l[=u]), n. [F. courlieu, corlieu,
courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus
courier; L. currere to run + levis light.] (Zool.)
A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its
long, slender, curved bill.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European curlew is Numenius arquatus. The
long-billed (Numenius longirostris), the Hudsonian
(Numenius Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew
(Numenius borealis, are American species. The name is
said to imitate the note of the European species.
[1913 Webster]
Curlew Jack (Zool.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew.
Curlew sandpiper (Zool.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea
or Tringa subarquata), common in Europe, rare in
America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved
bill. See Illustation in Appendix.
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Numenius phaeopus
(gcide) | Whimbrel \Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. Whimper.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the
European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also {Jack
curlew}, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See
Illustration in Appendix.
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Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.
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genus numenius
(wn) | genus Numenius
n 1: curlews [syn: Numenius, genus Numenius] |
numenius
(wn) | Numenius
n 1: curlews [syn: Numenius, genus Numenius] |
numenius arquata
(wn) | Numenius arquata
n 1: common Eurasian curlew [syn: European curlew, {Numenius
arquata}] |
numenius borealis
(wn) | Numenius borealis
n 1: New World curlew that breeds in northern North America
[syn: Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis] |
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