Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burhinus_oedicnemus
1 sense of burhinus oedicnemus
Sense 1
stone curlew, thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus -- (large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint)
=> shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird -- (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)