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stone curlew

/stəʊnˈkɜːlju/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
stone curlew
IPA
/stəʊnˈkɜːlju/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the family Burhinidae.

Etymology

From stone + curlew.

Inflected Forms

stone curlews (plural) stone-curlew (alternative)

Phrases

beach stone-curlew bush stone-curlew double-striped stone-curlew Eurasian stone-curlew great stone-curlew Indian stone-curlew Peruvian stone-curlew Senegal stone-curlew

Synonyms

stone plover thick-knee burhinus oedicnemus

Questions

How do you pronounce stone curlew?
The recorded pronunciation is /stəʊnˈkɜːlju/.
What does stone curlew mean?
Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the family Burhinidae.
Where does stone curlew come from?
From stone + curlew.

How to pronounce stone curlew

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