Eskimo curlew
[ es-kuh-moh kur-loo ]
noun
a New World curlew, Numenius borealis, that breeds in northern North America: now nearly extinct.
Origin of Eskimo curlew
1An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
- Also called dough bird .
Words Nearby Eskimo curlew
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How to use Eskimo curlew in a sentence
Yellow-legged plover, golden plover; Hudsonian and Eskimo curlew, prairie chicken.
Our Vanishing Wild Life | William T. HornadaySuch water birds as the avocets, godwits, greater yellow-legs, long-billed curlew and Eskimo curlew are becoming very rare.
Our Vanishing Wild Life | William T. Hornaday
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