Wordie: Curlew: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:53:48 +0000

No kidding? And here I've always believed it was just a bird. ;-) Thanks, John!

Comment by John, 7 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:19:16 +0000

A confederate navy gunboat, according to Wikipedia.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:21:23 +0000

A grallatorial bird of the genus Numenius (family Scolopacidae), with a long slender curved bill; esp. the common European species N. arquatus (called in Scotland whaup).

Have you ever walked the lonesome hills
And heard the curlews cry
Or seen the raven black as night
Upon a windswept sky
--"Young Ned of the Hill," the Pogues, c. 1989 Terry Woods & Ron Kavana