NOUN | animal | genus Burhinus, Burhinus | type genus of the Burhinidae |
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Meaning | type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews. | |
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Synonym | Burhinus | |
Member of | Burhinidae, family Burhinidae | large wading birds resembling the plovers |
Members | stone curlew, thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus | large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
Broader | bird genus | A genus of birds |
Spanish | burhinus, Burhinus, género Burhinus, genus burhinus | |
Catalan | burhinus, genus burhinus |
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