noun
large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
• Syn: ↑stone curlew, ↑thick-knee
• Hypernyms: ↑shorebird, ↑shore bird, ↑limicoline bird
• Member Holonyms: ↑Burhinus, ↑genus Burhinus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.