Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
CURLEWS
Noun
curlews
plural of curlew
Source: Wiktionary
CURLEW
Cur"lew (kr"l), n. Etym: [F. courlieu, corlieu, courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus courier; L. currere to run + levis light.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
Note: The common European curlew is N. arquatus. The long-billed (N. longirostris), the Hudsonian (N. Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew (N. borealis, are American species. The name is said to imitate the note of the European species. Curlew Jack (Zoƶl.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew.
– Curlew sandpiper (Zoƶl.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea, or subarquata), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See Illustation in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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