a. Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy;
Curled hair (Com.),
n. State of being curled; curliness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ F. courlieu, corlieu, courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus courier; L. currere to run + levis light. ] (Zool.) A wading bird of the genus
☞ The common European curlew is Numenius arquatus. The long-billed (Numenius longirostris), the Hudsonian (Numenius Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis, are American species. The name is said to imitate the note of the European species. [ 1913 Webster ]
Curlew Jack (Zool.)
Curlew sandpiper (Zool.),