the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) (19)
The larger curlew, Numenius arquata.
the whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus; cf. curlew-jack n. at curlew, n. 3.
a small curlew that breeds in Alaska and northwestern Canada, Numenius borealis.