English-Thai Dictionary
curlew
N นก พวก Numenius มี ปาก ยาว และ โค้ง พบ ตาม ชายฝั่ง
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CURLEW
n. 1. An aquatic fowl of the genus Scolopax and the grallic order. It has a long bill; its color is diversified with ash and black; and the largest species spread more than three feet of wing. It frequents the sea shore in winter, and in summer, retires to the mountains.
2. A fowl, larger than a partridge, with longer legs, which frequents the corn-fields in Spain.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CURLEW
Cur "lew (kr "l ), n. Etym: [F. courlieu, corlieu, courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus courier; L. currere to run + levis light. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
Note: The common European curlew is N. arquatus. The long-billed (N. longirostris ), the Hudsonian (N. Hudsonicus ), and the Eskimo curlew (N. borealis, are American species. The name is said to imitate the note of the European species. Curlew Jack (Zoöl.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew. -- Curlew sandpiper (Zoöl.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea, or subarquata ), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See Illustation in Appendix.
New American Oxford Dictionary
curlew
cur lew |ˈkərˌlo͞o, ˈkərlˌyo͞o ˈkɜːrljuː | ▶noun ( pl. same or curlews ) a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down-curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call. See also stone curlew. [Genus Numenius, family Scolopacidae: several species, including the common Eurasian N. arquata and the North American long-billed curlew (N. americanus ).] ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French courlieu, alteration (by association with courliu ‘courier, ’ from courre ‘run ’ + lieu ‘place ’) of imitative courlis.
Oxford Dictionary
curlew
curlew |ˈkəːl (j )uː | ▶noun ( pl. same or curlews ) a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long downcurved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call. See also stone curlew. ●Genus Numenius, family Scolopacidae: several species, in particular N. arquata of Eurasia. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French courlieu, alteration (by association with courliu ‘courier ’, from courre ‘run ’ + lieu ‘place ’) of imitative courlis.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
curlew
cur lew /kə́ː r ljuː /名詞 C 〘鳥 〙ダイシャクシギ 〘水鳥の一種 〙.
The Wordsmith Dictionary