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NUMENIUS BOREALIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
New World curlew that breeds in northern North America
Synonyms:
Eskimo curlew; Numenius borealis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Numenius borealis" is a kind of...):
curlew (large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill)