- Thick-knee
- Thick-knee Thick"-knee`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A stone curlew. See under {Stone}. [1913 Webster]
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thick knee — noun The stone curlew • • • Main Entry: ↑thick … Useful english dictionary
thick-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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thick-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 … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
thick-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 … Useful english dictionary
thick-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] * * * … Universalium
thick-knee — noun /ˈɵɪk.niː/lang=en Several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone curlew family Burhinidae. Syn: stone curlew, stone curlew … Wiktionary
thick-knee — noun another term for stone curlew … English new terms dictionary
thick-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; …
Double-striped Thick-knee — At the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens Conservation status … Wikipedia
Senegal Thick-knee — Taxobox name = Senegal Thick knee status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49109|title=Burhinus senegalensis|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why… … Wikipedia
