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Definition of Thick-knee
1. Noun. Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint.
Generic synonyms: Limicoline Bird, Shore Bird, Shorebird
Group relationships: Burhinus, Genus Burhinus
Definition of Thick-knee
1. Noun. Several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Thick-knee
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thick-knee
Literary usage of Thick-knee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"thick-knee, the common name of the wading birds of the plover family and sub-
... The common thick-knee CE. crepitans, Temm.) is about 17 inches long .nd 2 ..."
2. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"Its great fear of the approach of man keeps the thick-knee in the midst ...
During the whole night the thick-knee is lively and busy in pursuit of its food. ..."
3. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"thick-kneed Plover or Bustard, Great or Norfolk Plover, Stone Curlew, Common
Thick- knee of British authors. WE trace the alliance in this bird to the ..."
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