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CURLEW SANDPIPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does curlew sandpiper mean? 

CURLEW SANDPIPER (noun)
  The noun CURLEW SANDPIPER has 1 sense:

1. Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlewplay

  Familiarity information: CURLEW SANDPIPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CURLEW SANDPIPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Calidris Ferruginea; curlew sandpiper

Hypernyms ("curlew sandpiper" is a kind of...):

sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

Holonyms ("curlew sandpiper" is a member of...):

Calidris; genus Calidris (a genus of Scolopacidae)


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