stone curlew
noun
Origin of stone curlew
First recorded in 1670–80
Words nearby stone curlew
stone bruise,
stone canal,
stone china,
stone cold,
stone crab,
stone curlew,
stone deaf,
stone fruit,
stone fungus,
stone heart,
stone lantern
Example sentences from the Web for stone curlew
British Dictionary definitions for stone curlew
stone curlew
noun
any of several brownish shore birds of the family Burhinidae, esp Burhinus oedicnemus, having a large head and eyes: order Charadriiformes
Also called: thick-knee
Word Origin for stone curlew
C17: so called because it is found in stony habitats and resembles a curlew