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Noun: thick-knee  'thik,nee
  1. Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
    - 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

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thicket
thicket-forming
thick-footed morel
thick-haired
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thick-knee
thick-lipped
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thickly settled
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thicko
thickset
thick-skinned
thick-skulled
thickspread
thick-stemmed