Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A local name in the United States of the Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis, the smallest American species of the genus Numenius.
- noun It has a slender bill only about two inches long. It is abundant during its migrations, and is much sought as a game-bird. Also
doe-bird .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The Eskimo curlew (
Numenius borealis ). Seecurlew .
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- noun The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).
Etymologies
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dough + bird, from its soft, pale breast meat.
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