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Definition of European curlew
1. Noun. Common Eurasian curlew.
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Curlew
Literary usage of European curlew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1907)
"... has been settled and cultivated, while its spring feeding grounds in Nebraska
and South Dakota have been converted into farm land. [European curlew. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In North America three very easily recognized species aro found—the first (Ж
longirostris) closely agreeing with tha European curlew, but larger and with a ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... longirostris) closely agreeing with the European curlew, but larger and with
a longer bill; the second (X. hudsonicus) representing the British whimbrel ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The Ibis Albicollis or Tantalus Albicollis, is found in Cayenne, and is a little
stronger than the European curlew. ..."
5. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"... from tin- European curlew, u hieb is sometimes doubted) is peculiar to Madagascar
and rare. It live-* al mont always isolated among the other ..."
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