Stōne'-cŭr'lew, n.

noun

n. (Ornith.) A large species of plover found in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places, and is also called thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.

An engraved illustration of a stone-curlew standing among tufts of grass.
Stone-curlew.