thick-knee
- n large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
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- Nature Scenes: Double-striped thick-knee is also known as Mexican thick-knee
A beautiful brown bird ran around the aviary at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in September, apparently not wanting me to take his photo. An employee told me the bird is a “double-striped thick-knee,” which is an unimaginative, but quite accurate, name. Over the bird’s alert yellow eyes with ...
Feb. 14, 2014 - The DeLand-Deltona Beacon