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stone curlew

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several brownish shore birds of the family Burhinidae, esp Burhinus oedicnemus, having a large head and eyes: order Charadriiformes Also called thick-knee

[so called because it is found in stony habitats and resembles a curlew]

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stone curlew - large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint

Burhinus oedicnemus, thick-knee

limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries

Burhinus, genus Burhinus - type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews

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