STONE CURLEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stone curlew mean? 

• STONE CURLEW (noun)
  The noun STONE CURLEW has 1 sense:

1. large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint

  Familiarity information: STONE CURLEW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STONE CURLEW (noun)

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Meaning:

Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Burhinus oedicnemus; stone curlew; thick-knee

Hypernyms ("stone curlew" is a kind of...):

limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)

Holonyms ("stone curlew" is a member of...):

Burhinus; genus Burhinus (type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews)