Found 2 items, similar to stone curlew.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stone curlew stone curlew n : large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint [syn: thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: stone curlew Whimbrel \Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. Whimper.] (Zo["o]l) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius ph[ae]opus), called also Jack curlew , half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster] Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew. [1913 Webster] Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler , or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew. [1913 Webster] Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit. [1913 Webster]