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Definition of Eskimo curlew
1. Noun. New World curlew that breeds in northern North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eskimo Curlew
Literary usage of Eskimo curlew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"ILLINOIS: Passenger pigeon, whooping crane, Carolina parrakeet, trumpeter swan,
snowy egret, Eskimo curlew; bison, dk, white-tailed deer, black bear, puma, ..."
2. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"The name Sand Shoal Duck indicates that the bird was partial to such shoals, and
was found feeding in the shallow water near them. Eskimo curlew (Numenius ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"The Migrations and Recent History of the Eskimo curlew: WW COOKE. The Eskimo
curlew is almost extinct. Two were shot August 27, 1908, at Newburyport, Mass.; ..."
4. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"An infallible distinction, however, is the plain fuscous coloration of the
primaries in the Eskimo curlew, while in the Hudsonian Curlew these feathers are ..."
5. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1889)
"Eskimo curlew. Hab. Eastern Province of North America, breeding in the Arctic
... The Dough-bird, or Eskimo curlew, is found in North America at large and ..."
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