genus Numenius

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Numenius - curlews Numeniusbird genus - a genus of birdsfamily Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae - sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitcherscurlew - large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill