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Eskimo curlew

Syllabification: (Es·ki·mo cur·lew)
Definition of Eskimo curlew

noun

  • a small New World curlew with a striped head, formerly common in the arctic tundra but now close to extinction.
    • Numenius borealis, family Scolopacidae

Eskimo curlew in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Eskimo curlew in the British & World English dictionary