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thick-knee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈθɪk.niː/

Etymology

From thick + knee.

Meanings

  1. Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae.

Forms

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thick-knees Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Burhinus vermiculatus · spotted thick-knee · beach thick-knee · Burhinus bistriatus · double-striped thick-knee · Peruvian thick-knee · great thick-knee · Senegal thick-knee · water thick-knee · bush thick-knee · Eurasian thick-knee · Burhinus superciliaris · Burhinus capensis · Burhinus senegalensis

Synonyms

stone curlew · stone-curlew

Translations (4)

ru авдо́тка (bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae) · de Triel (bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae) · pl kulon (bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae) · fi paksujalka (bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae)