Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The European whimbrel, Numenius phæopus.
- noun The Hudsonian or lesser American curlew, Numenius hudsonicus. Coues.
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We also observed a small plover or curlew of a brown color, about the size of a yellow-legged plover or jack-curlew, but of a different species.
First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 1805
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