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Eskimo curlew
[ es-kuh-moh kur-loo ]
noun
- a New World curlew, Numenius borealis, that breeds in northern North America: now nearly extinct.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Eskimo curlew1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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The Eskimo curlew once migrated over Ohio on its way from South America to parts of Canada and Alaska.
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The less numerous Labrador duck and Eskimo curlew suffered the same fate.
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Today, the picture has a further elegiac dimension: The Eskimo curlew is now extinct.
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The sculptures—figures of polar bears, red knot birds, Eskimo curlew, and the extinct great auk—are covered with tar, lime, and glue.
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The Eskimo curlew population once numbered hundreds of thousands, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
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