thick-knee

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thick-knee

  • /ˈθɪk.niː/

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From thick + knee.

noun thick-knees

  1. Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae.

    Similar: stone curlew, stone-curlew

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noun bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae

DeutschTriel
Русскийавдо́тка avdótka

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@misc{thick_knee_2026,
  title = {thick-knee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thick-knee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}