Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun curlew

1 sense of curlew

Sense 1
curlew -- (large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill)
       => shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird -- (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)