bristle-thighed curlew

[ bris-uhl-thahyd ]

/ ˈbrɪs əlˌθaɪd /

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noun

an Alaskan curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, that winters in Polynesia, having bristlelike feathers on its thighs.

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