Stone curlew Meaning, Definition & Usage

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 also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel . Prov. Eng. (c) The willet. Local, U.S.

Webster 1913

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