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Noun: Burhinus oedicnemus
  1. Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
    - stone curlew, thick-knee, dikkop [S.Africa]

Type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

Part of: Burhinus, genus Burhinus

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