Definition
A small wading bird or waterbird (historical or regional term with uncertain modern usage).
Etymology
Possibly from 'curler' or 'curl' combined with the diminutive suffix '-let,' or alternatively from a regional dialect term. The etymology is uncertain and the word is archaic.
Kelly Says
Some words slip out of English usage and become mysterious—'curwillet' appears in old texts but nobody today is quite sure what bird it referred to. Language is constantly losing words as creatures and objects change names.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
curwillet
kur-wi-let
ARالعربية
curwillet
kur-wi-let
BNবাংলা
curwillet
kur-wi-let
CACatalà
curwillet
kur-wi-let
CSČeština
curwillet
kur-vi-let
DADansk
curwillet
kur-wi-let
DEDeutsch
curwillet
kur-vi-let
ELΕλληνικά
curwillet
kur-vi-let
ESEspañol
curwillet
kur-wi-let
FAفارسی
curwillet
kur-wi-let
FISuomi
curwillet
kur-wi-let
FRFrançais
curwillet
kur-wi-le
GUGU
curwillet
kur-wi-let
HAHA
curwillet
kur-wi-let
HEעברית
curwillet
kur-vi-let
HIहिन्दी
curwillet
kur-wi-let
HUMagyar
curwillet
kur-vi-let
IDBahasa Indonesia
curwillet
kur-wi-let
IGIG
curwillet
kur-wi-let
ITItaliano
curwillet
kur-vi-let
JA日本語
curwillet
kur-wi-retto
KKKK
curwillet
kur-wi-let
KMKM
curwillet
kur-wi-let
KO한국어
curwillet
kur-wi-lle-te
MRMR
curwillet
kur-wi-let
MSBahasa Melayu
curwillet
kur-wi-let
MYမြန်မာ
curwillet
kur-wi-let
NLNederlands
curwillet
kur-wi-let
NONorsk
curwillet
kur-wi-let
PAPA
curwillet
kur-wi-let
PLPolski
curwillet
kur-wi-let
PTPortuguês
curwillet
kur-vi-let
RORomână
curwillet
kur-vi-let
RUРусский
curwillet
kur-vi-let
SVSvenska
curwillet
kur-wi-let
SWKiswahili
curwillet
kur-wi-let
TAதமிழ்
curwillet
kur-wi-let
TEతెలుగు
curwillet
kur-wi-let
THไทย
curwillet
kur-wi-let
TLTL
curwillet
kur-wi-let
TRTürkçe
curwillet
kur-wi-let
UKУкраїнська
curwillet
kur-vi-let
URاردو
curwillet
kur-wi-let
VITiếng Việt
curwillet
kur-wi-let
YOYO
curwillet
kur-wi-let
ZH中文
curwillet
ku-er-wei-le-te
ZUZU
curwillet
kur-wi-let