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thick-knee

/ˈθɪk.niː/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
thick--knee
IPA
/ˈθɪk.niː/
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

From thick + knee.

Inflected Forms

thick-knees (plural)

Phrases

beach thick-knee bush thick-knee double-striped thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus Eurasian thick-knee great thick-knee Peruvian thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris

Synonyms

stone curlew stone-curlew burhinus oedicnemus

Questions

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

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