curlew

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
  2. (Australia) A stone curlew (Burhinidae spp.).

Konzepte

Brachvögel

Großer Brachvogel

Synonyme

Eurasian curlew

European curlew

Übersetzungen

Numenius arquata

courlie

νουμήνιος

τουρλίδα

Numenius

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈkɜːlju/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English curlew, from Old French courlieu (see French courlis), claimed to be imitative of the bird's cry but apparently assimilated with dialectal *corliu (“runner, messenger”), a variant of coureur (the bird is adept at running).

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