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

¹

An 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. 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

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