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thick-knee

[thik-nee]
noun
  1. 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.
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Origin of thick-knee

First recorded in 1810–20
Also called stone curlew.
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Historical Examples of thick-knee

  • The Thick-knee is migratory, visiting us in the beginning of April to stay till October.

    British Birds in their Haunts

    Rev. C. A. Johns

British Dictionary definitions for thick-knee

thick-knee

noun
  1. another name for stone curlew
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Word Origin for thick-knee

C19: so called because it has thick knee joints
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