Definitions
A wading bird with a long down-curved bill.
Word origin
From Middle English curlew, from Old French courlieu (see French courlis), claimed to be imitative of the bird's cry but apparently assimilated with dialectal *corliu (“runner, messenger”), a variant of coureur (the bird is adept at running).
Used in a sentence
“That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Long-billed wader”6 letters
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