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curwillet
curˈwillet dial. [From the cry of the bird.] A local name for the Sanderling (Calidris arenaria), a bird of the snipe family.1674 Ray Coll. Words 90 The Sanderling or Curwillet, so called about Pensans. 1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 303. 1804 T. Bewick Brit. Birds II. 1 Sanderling, Towillee, or Curwi... Oxford English Dictionary
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towillee
toˈwillee dial. [See. quot. 1758.] A local name for the Sanderling: cf. curwillet; also, for the Ringed Plover: cf. dulwilly.1758 Borlase Hist. Cornw. 247 Here we have coots, sanderlings, (which, from the noise they make when flying, we call Towillees), sea-larks, sea-pies. 1804 T. Bewick Brit. Bird... Oxford English Dictionary
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