'half curlew' definitions:
Definition of 'half curlew'
From: GCIDE
- Whimbrel \Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. Whimper.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also {Jack curlew}, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]
- Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew. [1913 Webster]