thick-kneen.

/ˈθɪkniː/

Forms: 1800s thicknee, 1800s thick-knee.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: thick adj., knee n.

Etymology: < thick adj. + knee n., after post-classical Latin and scientific Latin oedicnemus (1555 or earlier; < ancient Greek οἰδεῖν to swell (see oedema n.) + κνήμη tibia: see cnemial adj.); so called from the bird's prominent tibio-tarsal joints.

A name for any bird of the genus Œdicnemus, esp. the Stone Curlew, Norfolk or Great Plover, Œ. scolopax ( Œ. crepitans, Temminck).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Burhinus (thick-knees) > member of (thick-knee)

thick-knee1816

1816 Leach Cat. Mamm. & B. in Brit. Mus. 28 Fedoa Œdicnemus Common thicknee, Wiltshire.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 402/1 The..Thick-knee, Thick-kneed Bustard.

1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. II. xiv. 26 The ‘Thick-knees’..and Bustards..have the four-notched sternum.

1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 520 Œdicnemus grallarius, Australian Thicknee... Œ. superciliaris, Peruvian Thicknee.

Derivatives

ˈthick-ˌkneed adj. having thick knees; esp. in thick-kneed bustard or thick-kneed plover, the Stone Curlew.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [adjective] > of the thick-knee

thick-kneed1776

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 287 Bustard..Thick-kneed.

1840 [see main sense].

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 129 The Curlew of inlanders, or Stone-Curlew—called also..most wrongly..the Thick-knee or Thick-kneed Bustard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thick-knee
释义	thick-kneen. /ˈθɪkniː/ Forms: 1800s thicknee, 1800s thick-knee. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: thick adj., knee n. Etymology: < thick adj. + knee n., after post-classical Latin and scientific Latin oedicnemus (1555 or earlier; < ancient Greek οἰδεῖν to swell (see oedema n.) + κνήμη tibia: see cnemial adj.); so called from the bird's prominent tibio-tarsal joints. A name for any bird of the genus Œdicnemus, esp. the Stone Curlew, Norfolk or Great Plover, Œ. scolopax ( Œ. crepitans, Temminck). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Burhinus (thick-knees) > member of (thick-knee) thick-knee1816 1816 Leach Cat. Mamm. & B. in Brit. Mus. 28 Fedoa Œdicnemus Common thicknee, Wiltshire. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 402/1 The..Thick-knee, Thick-kneed Bustard. 1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. II. xiv. 26 The ‘Thick-knees’..and Bustards..have the four-notched sternum. 1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 520 Œdicnemus grallarius, Australian Thicknee... Œ. superciliaris, Peruvian Thicknee. Derivatives ˈthick-ˌkneed adj. having thick knees; esp. in thick-kneed bustard or thick-kneed plover, the Stone Curlew. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [adjective] > of the thick-knee thick-kneed1776 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 287 Bustard..Thick-kneed. 1840 [see main sense]. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 129 The Curlew of inlanders, or Stone-Curlew—called also..most wrongly..the Thick-knee or Thick-kneed Bustard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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