Stone curlew Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
Burhinus oedicnemus; thick-knee.
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(Zoöl.) (a) A large plover found in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans ). It frequents stony places. Called alsothick-kneed plover orbustard , andthick-knee .(b) The whimbrel . Prov. Eng.(c) The willet. Local, U.S.