thick-knee
1Thick-knee — n. (Zo[ o]l.) A stone curlew. See under {Stone}. [1913 Webster] …
2thick knee — noun The stone curlew • • • Main Entry: ↑thick …
3thick-knee — Stone Stone, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral… …
4thick-knee — storkulniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Burhinus angl. stone curlew; thick knee vok. Triel, m rus. авдотка, f pranc. oedicnème, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – storkulniniai siauresnis terminas – australinis storkulnis …
5thick-knee — noun large headed large eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint • Syn: ↑stone curlew, ↑Burhinus oedicnemus • Hypernyms: ↑shorebird, ↑shore bird, ↑limicoline bird • Member Hol …
6thick-knee — /thik nee /, n. any of several crepuscular or nocturnal wading birds of the family Burhinidae, of the Old World and tropical America, having a thickened joint between the femoral and tibiotarsal bones. Also called stone curlew. [1810 20] * * * …
7thick-knee — noun /ˈɵɪk.niː/lang=en Several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone curlew family Burhinidae. Syn: stone curlew, stone curlew …
8thick-knee — noun another term for stone curlew …
9thick-knee — /ˈθɪk ˌni/ (say thik .nee) noun 1. former name of either of the two Australian stone curlews. See beach stone curlew, bush stone curlew. 2. any of various wading birds of the family Burhinidae, as Burhinus oedicnemus, of Europe, Africa, and Asia; …
10Double-striped Thick-knee — At the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens Conservation status …
