Thick-knee

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(Zool.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.

Noun

1.

thick-knee - 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

Burhinus, Burhinus oedicnemus, genus Burhinus, limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird, stone curlew