HyperDic: stone_curlew

English > 1 sense of the expression stone curlew:
NOUNanimalstone curlew, thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemuslarge-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
English > stone curlew: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint.
Synonymsthick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus
Member ofBurhinus, genus Burhinustype genus of the Burhinidae
Broadershorebird, shore bird, limicoline birdAny of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
Spanishalcaraván
Catalanalcaraván, Burhinus oedicnemus, sebel·lí, torlit

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