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Meanings of stone curlew in English

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Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint.

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        Usage of stone curlew in English
        1
        The history of the stone curlew, charadrius oedicnemus is as follows.
        The Natural History of Selborne
        2
        I am assured now that it is the stone curlew (charadrius oedicnemus).
        The Natural History of Selborne
        3
        The stone curlew, our little bustard with the long wings, big, yellow eyes, and wild voice, still frequents the uncultivated downs, unhappily in diminishing numbers.
        A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
        4
        This study presents the first isolation of mycoplasmas from stone curlews.
        Pubmed
        5
        Look and listen out for Stone curlews -crow-sizedbirds whose large yellow eyes enable them to find food in the dark.
        The Guardian
        6
        That they are not noxious to some animals is plain: for ducks, buzzards, owls, stone curlews, and snakes, eat them, to my knowledge, with impunity.
        The Natural History of Selborne
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