"curlew" meaning in English

See curlew in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɜːlju/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɜːlu/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɝlu/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-curlew.wav Forms: curlews [plural]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|curlew}} Middle English curlew, {{der|en|fro|courlieu}} Old French courlieu Head templates: {{en-noun}} curlew (plural curlews)
  1. Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills. Categories (lifeform): Scolopacids Translations (migratory wading bird): kojlik [masculine] (Albanian), kllinzë [feminine] (Albanian), كَرَوَان (karawān) [masculine] (Arabic), كروان (karawan) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), algaraván (Asturian), zarapicu (Asturian), becut [masculine] (Catalan), polit [masculine] (Catalan), koliha [feminine] (Czech), wulp (Dutch), kurlo (Esperanto), numenio (Esperanto), kuovi (Finnish), courlis [masculine] (French), mazarico [masculine] (Galician), Brachvogel [masculine] (German), νουμήνιος (noumínios) [masculine] (Greek), τουρλί (turli) [colloquial, neuter] (Greek), τουρλίδα (tourlída) [feminine] (Greek), חֶרְמְשׁוֹן (Hebrew), póling (Hungarian), sookulikka (Ingrian), vihmakulli (Ingrian), vesikulli (Ingrian), crotach [masculine] (Irish), cuirliún [masculine] (Irish), chiurlo [masculine] (Italian), kuitila (Latvian), kuolinga (Lithuanian), daakʼį́į́ʼ (Navajo), couorlieu [masculine] (Norman), weerlow (Nyunga), kulik [masculine] (Polish), kulig [masculine] (Polish), maçarico [masculine] (Portuguese), corlă [feminine] (Romanian), găinușă-de-baltă [feminine] (Romanian), кроншне́п (kronšnép) [masculine] (Russian), whaup (Scots), guilbneach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), zarapito [masculine] (Spanish), membe (Swahili), arcasa [feminine] (Venetian), gylfinir [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (Australia) A stone curlew. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-curlew-en-noun--L7lnjXg Categories (other): Australian English, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: curlew sandpiper, stone curlew

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Brachvogel"
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tourlída",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "חֶרְמְשׁוֹן"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "póling"
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "sookulikka"
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "vihmakulli"
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "vesikulli"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "crotach"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cuirliún"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "kuolinga"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "daakʼį́į́ʼ"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "word": "couorlieu"
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      "code": "nys",
      "lang": "Nyunga",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "weerlow"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kulik"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kulig"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "maçarico"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кроншне́п"
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      "code": "sco",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "whaup"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zarapito"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "membe"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "arcasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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