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Definition of Curlews
1. curlew [n] - See also: curlew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curlews
Literary usage of Curlews
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"curlews, &c.—Vegetable productions of Cayenne.—La Gabrielle.—Cock of the Dock.—Grand
Gobe-mouche. —Surinam. ..."
2. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1901)
"By my journal it appears that curlews clamoured on to October 31st, since which
I have not seen nor heard any. Swallows were observed on to November 3rd. ..."
3. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"THE next form, or that of the curlews, which we have placed last, reminds and
leads us back to that of the ..."
4. Rambles in North-western America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky by John Mortimer Murphy (1879)
"... cranes and herons, curlews, godwits, and pigeons. Fwh.—Abundance of trout,
and the different species of the family —Other fresh-water fauna tit for ..."
5. Land, Labour, and Gold: Or, Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and by William Howitt (1858)
"curlews. — , Native Companion.—Pleasantness of the Bush. — Meet an old Acquaintance.
— Horrible Language of Diggers. — Horse-stealing. ..."
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