HyperDic: thick-knee

English > 1 sense of the word thick-knee:
NOUNanimalthick-knee, stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemuslarge-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
English > thick-knee: 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.
Synonymsstone curlew, 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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