English noun: stone curlew | |||
1. | stone curlew (animal) large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint | ||
Synonyms | Burhinus oedicnemus, thick-knee | ||
Broader (hypernym) | limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird | ||
Member meronym | Burhinus, genus Burhinus | ||