Eskimo curlew

[ es-kuh-moh kur-loo ]

/ ˈɛs kəˌmoʊ ˈkɜr lu /

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noun

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

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Also called dough bird .

Origin of Eskimo curlew

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Fox News producers nicknamed the Palins “The Bitch” and “The Eskimo.”
Speed Read: 25 Extraordinary Roger Ailes Revelations From ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room’|Lloyd Grove|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The day ends in Iowa, of all places, with a one-sentence entry: “Christian K. Nelson took out a patent on the Eskimo Pie.”
Best Year Ever: How 1922 Birthed Modernism|Mark Braude|September 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We wait for the two to just Eskimo kiss in the corner underneath the mistletoe already.
Ahead of Debate, Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly’s Secret Bromance (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Further, the decision is tailored so narrowly that, were it legislation, it would be a classic “redheaded Eskimo.”
What the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Prop 8 Ruling Really Means|Ben Jacobs|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

I half-expected to see an Eskimo in a huskie-driven sled whiz by.
Ciao, Roma! Hello, Newark!|James Atlas|January 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Indian pipe is copied from the Eskimo, as the latter were the first to obtain and use tobacco.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The Chukchees use a pipe similar to those of the Eskimo, but with a much larger and shorter stem.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
A low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
More than once at night the cry of migrating waders was heard, curlew being unmistakable, and (I think) bar-tailed godwit.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
"The Curlew" dashed forward, rising and falling with the swells.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens