单词 | thick-knee |
释义 | thick-knee[ thik-nee ] / ˈθɪkˌni / nounany 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. Origin of thick-kneeFirst recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby thick-kneethickening, thicket, thickhead, thickheaded, thickie, thick-knee, thickleaf, thick milk, thickness, thickness piece, thicko Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thick-knee
British Dictionary definitions for thick-kneethick-knee nounanother name for stone curlew Word Origin for thick-kneeC19: so called because it has thick knee joints Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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