Meaning Of The Word Thick-knee

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thick-knee in American English
noun: 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

thick-knee in British English
noun
noun: any of several brownish shore birds of the family Burhinidae, esp Burhinus oedicnemus, having a large head and eyes: order Charadriiformes

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