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