NUMENIUS BOREALIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

New World curlew that breeds in northern North America

Synonyms:

Eskimo curlew; Numenius borealis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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