Burhinus
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Related to Burhinus: stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus
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Noun | 1. | Burhinus - type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews bird genus - a genus of birds Burhinidae, family Burhinidae - large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews Burhinus oedicnemus, stone curlew, thick-knee - large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
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