eskimo curlew

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   New World curlew that breeds in northern North America

   SynonymsNumenius borealis

   Broadercurlew

Questions about eskimo curlew

What does eskimo curlew mean?

eskimo curlew means "New World curlew that breeds in northern North America".

What is another word for eskimo curlew?

Close synonyms include Numenius borealis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eskimo curlew a common word?

eskimo curlew is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.