curlew

English Thesaurus

1. large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird,
definition	:	any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	european curlew, numenius arquata,
definition	:	common Eurasian curlew (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	eskimo curlew, numenius borealis,
definition	:	New World curlew that breeds in northern North America (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus numenius, numenius,
definition	:	curlews (noun.animal)