"thick-knee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθɪk.niː/ Forms: thick-knees [plural]
Etymology: From thick + knee. Etymology templates: {{m|en|thick}} thick, {{m|en|knee}} knee Head templates: {{en-noun}} thick-knee (plural thick-knees)
  1. Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. Wikipedia link: Stone-curlew Categories (lifeform): Shorebirds Synonyms: stone curlew, stone-curlew Translations (bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae): paksujalka (Finnish), Triel [masculine] (German), авдо́тка (avdótka) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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