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Curlew is the common name for a group of birds of the family Scolopacidae.
Curlew may also refer to:
Music
edit- The Curlew, song cycle by Peter Warlock written between 1920 and 1922
- Curlew (band), an American jazz group
- Curlew (album), a 1981 album by Curlew
- Curlew River, a 1964 opera by Benjamin Britten
Places
editCanada
edit- Curlew, Alberta, a locality in Kneehill County, Alberta
United States
edit- Curlew, Iowa, a city in Palo Alto County, Iowa
- Curlew, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Union County, Kentucky
- Curlew, Washington, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ferry County, Washington,
Ships
edit- Curlew (steamboat), an American steamer completed in 1856 and sunk in 1863
- CSS Curlew, a Confederate States Navy gunboat commissioned in 1861 and burned in 1862
- HMCS Curlew, a Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper and patrol vessel commissioned in 1914 and sold in 1921
- HMS Curlew, various ships of the British Royal Navy
- USFS Curlew, a fishery vessel in the fleet of the United States Bureau of Fisheries
- USS Curlew, various United States Navy ships
Aircraft
edit- CLW Curlew, a British training aircraft of the 1930s