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stone curlew in British English
noun
any of several brownish shore birds of the family Burhinidae, esp Burhinus oedicnemus, having a large head and eyes: order Charadriiformes
Also called: thick-kneeWord origin
C17: so called because it is found in stony habitats and resembles a curlewstone curlew in American English
noun
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; thick-knee
Word origin
[1670–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1670–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bonding, episode, guarantee, plan, slumpImage ofstone curlew
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