curlew

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synonyms for curlew

On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to curlew, such as: grouse, partridge, pheasant, plover, quail, and sandpiper.

How to use curlew in a sentence

  • A low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • More than once at night the cry of migrating waders was heard, curlew being unmistakable, and (I think) bar-tailed godwit.

    Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
  • "The curlew" dashed forward, rising and falling with the swells.

    Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
  • It was at once set; and "The curlew" started on in the wake of the shower.

    Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
  • It ain't as if 'The curlew' was loaded down, and lay low in the water.

    Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens

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