stone curlew sto·ne·cur·lew uncommon noun 1. large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint Synonymsstone curlewthick-kneeBurhinus oedicnemus Related words Broader terms shorebird Parts Burhinus WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
