Noun: stone curlew stown kur-l(y)oo
- Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
"The stone curlew's large yellow eyes are adapted for hunting at night";
- thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus, dikkop [S.Africa]
Derived forms: stone curlews
Type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
Part of: Burhinus, genus Burhinus
Encyclopedia: Stone curlew