One great grey bird, a gull or curlew, soared aloft in the blue heaven. He and I seemed to be the only living things between the huge arch of the sky and the desert beneath it.
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Curlew
/ˈkɜːlju/
Synonyms for "curlew" (6 found)
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More general
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3 entrieseurasian curlewhudsonian curlewlong-billed curlew
Collocations
6 entriesEuropean curlewcurlew callcurlew habitatcurlew migrationcurlew nesting sitelong-billed curlew
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.
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