HyperDic: genus_burhinus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Burhinus:
NOUNanimalgenus Burhinus, Burhinustype genus of the Burhinidae
English > genus Burhinus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews.
SynonymBurhinus
Member ofBurhinidae, family Burhinidaelarge wading birds resembling the plovers
Membersstone curlew, thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemuslarge-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
Broaderbird genusA genus of birds
Spanishburhinus, Burhinus, género Burhinus, genus burhinus
Catalanburhinus, genus burhinus

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