English noun: thick-knee | |||
1. | thick-knee (animal) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird | ||
Member meronym | Burhinus, genus Burhinus | ||