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Any one of several species of small curlews, especially theEuropean species (Numenius phæopus), called also Jack curlew, halfcurlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix.Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.
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