| 单词 | eskimo curlew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEskimo curlew Eskimo curlew n. a small curlew that breeds in Alaska and northwestern Canada, Numenius borealis. Also called doughbird.The Eskimo curlew is generally considered to be extinct. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) whaup1538 jack curlew1770 Eskimo curlew1772 1772 J. R. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 411 Scolopax..Borealis. New Species. Eskimaux Curlew. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 83 Esquimaux Curlew (Numenius borealis) breeds near Fort Benton. 1921 Outing May 65/1 The passenger pigeon, the great auk.., the Eskimo curlew are no more. 1966 New Statesman 11 Nov. 710/3 The Eskimo curlew..winters in Patagonia..and then flies the whole length of the two continents to breed inside the Arctic Circle. 2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Apr. 22/4 While some scientists argue that the eskimo curlew is endangered, many believe that it has gone extinct. < as lemmas |
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