- curlew - large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
--1 is a kind of shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
--1 is a member of Numenius, genus Numenius
--1 has particulars:European curlew, Numenius arquata; Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis