Definition of Stone curlew

1. Noun. Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint.

Exact synonyms: Burhinus Oedicnemus, Thick-knee
Generic synonyms: Limicoline Bird, Shore Bird, Shorebird
Group relationships: Burhinus, Genus Burhinus

Definition of Stone curlew

1. Noun. Several species of large terrestrial birds in the family ''Burhinidae''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stone Curlew

stone-fruit
stone-gray
stone-mulching
stone-root
stone-sober
stone-wash
stone bramble
stone brambles
stone breaker
stone cold
stone cold sober
stone colic
stone crab
stone cress
stone curlew (current term)
stone curlews
stone dead
stone deaf
stone drill
stone facing
stone fly
stone fox
stone frigate
stone fruit
stone fruits
stone life face
stone loach
stone marten
stone martens

Literary usage of Stone curlew

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1868)
"This bird I have remarked myself, but never could make out till lately. I am assured now that it is the stone curlew (charadrius ..."

2. An Arabic-English Dictionary on a New Systemby Habib Anthony Salmoné by Habib Anthony Salmoné (1890)
"Stone.curlew, n. 486,52. Stone.cutter, я. 792,52 ; 1037,56; 123,13 ; (tool) 892,11. Stone.dust, я. 1096,20. Stone.mason, n. 792,52; 123,13. ..."

3. Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White, Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Roundell Palmer Selborne, Philip Henry Delamotte (1875)
"... child was much too young to be aware that the Scriptures have said of the Deity—that " He feedeth the ravens who call upon Him." STONE-CURLEW sE(il,. ..."

4. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... Birds and Vultures—Ringed Plover—Coursers and Pratincoles—Stone-Curlew—Gulls and ... stone curlew ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Curlew of inlanders, or Stone-Curlew—called also, by some writers, from its stronghold ... As autumn advances the Stone-Curlew gathers in large flocks, ..."

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