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STONE CURLEW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
Synonyms:
Burhinus oedicnemus; stone curlew; thick-knee
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stone curlew" is a kind of...):
limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)
Holonyms ("stone curlew" is a member of...):
Burhinus; genus Burhinus (type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews)
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