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EUROPEAN CURLEW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European curlew mean?
• EUROPEAN CURLEW (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN CURLEW has 1 sense:
1. common Eurasian curlew
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN CURLEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common Eurasian curlew
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
European curlew; Numenius arquata
Hypernyms ("European curlew" is a kind of...):
curlew (large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill)
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