ALL meanings of curlew
cur·lew
C c - countable noun curlew A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry. 3
- noun curlew any large shore bird of the genus Numenius, such as N. arquata of Europe and Asia: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes. They have a long downward-curving bill and occur in northern and arctic regions 3
- noun curlew any of a genus (Numenius, family Scolopacidae) of large, brownish shorebirds with long legs and a long, down-curved bill 3
- noun curlew variety of bird 1
- noun curlew any of several shorebirds of the genus Numenius, having a long, slender, downcurved bill, as the common N. arquata, of Europe. 1
- noun curlew A large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down -curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call. 1
- noun curlew any of various similar birds. 1
- noun curlew Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills. 0