stone curlew

See also: stone-curlew

English

Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)

Alternative forms

• stone-curlew

Etymology

From stone + curlew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stəʊnˈkɜːlju/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

stone curlew (plural stone curlews)

1. Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the family Burhinidae.

Synonyms

• stone plover, thick-knee

Derived terms

• beach stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)
• bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
• double-striped stone-curlew (Burhinus bistriatus)
• Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
• great stone-curlew (Burhinus recurvirostris)
• Indian stone-curlew (Burhinus indicus)
• Peruvian stone-curlew (Burhinus superciliaris)
• Senegal stone-curlew (Burhinus senegalensis)
• spotted stone-curlew (Burhinus capensis)
• water stone-curlew (Burhinus vermiculatus)

Translations

species of large terrestrial birds

• Asturian: gachegu (ast)
• Catalan: torlit m
• Chechen: мокха хин олхазар (moqa xin olxazar)
• Czech: dytík
• Dutch: griel (nl) m
• Finnish: paksujalka (fi)
• French: œdicnème (fr) m
• Kazakh: тырду (tyrdu)
• Navajo: goditání
• Polish: kulon (pl) m
• Russian: авдо́тка (ru) f (avdótka)
• Spanish: alcaraván (es) m

References

• Stone-curlew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Burhinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Burhinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons