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    STONE CURLEW

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Burhinus oedicnemus; stone curlew; thick-knee

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("stone curlew" is a kind of...):

    limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)

    Holonyms ("stone curlew" is a member of...):

    Burhinus; genus Burhinus (type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews)

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