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jubea (386 words)
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birds, by knitandpurl
Nullologue, by Nullologue
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No kidding? And here I've always believed it was just a bird. ;-) Thanks, John!
A confederate navy gunboat, according to Wikipedia.
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