NOMENIUS, in ornithology, a genus of birds of the order of the scolopaces; the beak of which is of a figure approaching to a cylindrical one; it is obtuse at the point, and is longer than the toes; the feet have each 4 toes, connected together. This genus comprehends the curlew, the woodcock, the great plover, and the snipe. See CURLEW, &c.