Eskimo curlew

[ es-kuh-moh kur-loo ]

noun

1. a New World curlew, Numenius borealis, that breeds in northern North America: now nearly extinct.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eskimo curlew¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

Yellow-legged plover, golden plover; Hudsonian and Eskimo curlew, prairie chicken.

From Project Gutenberg

Such water birds as the avocets, godwits, greater yellow-legs, long-billed curlew and Eskimo curlew are becoming very rare.

From Project Gutenberg