|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

thick-knee

DEFINITIONS OF: thick-knee

1

n 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
Type of:
limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES