Eskimo curlew

[ es-kuh-moh kur-loo ]

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

Origin of Eskimo curlew

1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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. Hornaday
  • Such 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