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Eskimo curlew

noun

Definition of Eskimo curlew

: an extremely rare New World curlew (Numenius borealis) that breeds in northern North America and winters in South America

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Eskimo curlew

First Known Use of Eskimo curlew

1813, in the meaning defined above

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