Numenius

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Numenius
    n 1: curlews [syn: {Numenius}, {genus Numenius}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Numenius \Numenius\ prop. n.
   A genus of birds comprising certain of the curlews.

   Syn: genus {Numenius}.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

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