"Sabrebill" is a word in ENGLISH
The curlew.
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A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
Read the complete definitionThe Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew.
Read the complete definitionA group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae.
Read the complete definitionA group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded …
Read the complete definitionThe whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap.
Read the complete definitionA curlew.
Read the complete definitionA stone curlew. See under Stone.
Read the complete definitionThe European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
Read the complete definitionAny one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, …
Read the complete definitionThe curlew.
Read the complete definitionA large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone …
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