curlew
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
curlew /ˈkəːl(j)uː/
▶noun (pl. 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.
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