STONE CURLEW

Meaning of STONE CURLEW in English

thick-knee.

[ 1670-80 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

STONE CURLEW — noun 1. : a large-headed and large-eyed bird of the family Burhinidae that is somewhat nocturnal, frequents both open heaths …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE CURLEW — wading bird having a thickened knee joint
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STONE CURLEW — ■ noun a large-eyed plover-like bird with mottled brownish plumage, inhabiting open stony or sandy country. [ Burhinus oedicnemus and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STONE-CURLEW — n. Stone-plover, thick-kneed plover, bustard, thick-knee ( Edicnemus crepitants ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
STONE CURLEW — авдотка (Burhinus); авдотка (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
STONE CURLEW — авдотка ( Burhinus ) ; авдотка ( Burhinus oedicnemus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CURLEW — numenio
English interlingue dictionary
CURLEW — noun (plural ~s or ~) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French curleu, of imitative origin Date: 14th century any of various …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
CURLEW — Any of eight species (genus Numenius ) of shorebirds having a sickle-shaped bill that curves downward at the tip, a …
Английский словарь Британика
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURLEW — ˈkər(ˌ)lü also -rl(ˌ)yü noun ( plural curlews or curlew ) Etymology: Middle English corlewe, curlewe, from Middle French corlieu, courlis, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURLEW — (n.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
Английский словарь Webster
CURLEW — ( n. ) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CURLEW — /kerr"looh/ , n. 1. any of several shorebirds of the genus Numenius, having a long, slender, downcurved bill, as the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CURLEW — n. long-billed wading bird
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CURLEW — noun ( plural curlews or curlew ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French curleu, of imitative origin Date: 14th century : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
CURLEW — noun a wading bird of the genus numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
Webster English vocab
CURLEW — [ 'kə:l(j)u: ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CURLEW — [cur.lew] n, pl curlews or curlew [ME, fr. MF corlieu, of imit. origin] (14c): any of various largely brownish chiefly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CURLEW — any of numerous medium-sized or large shorebirds belonging to the genus Numenius (family Scolopacidae) and having a bill that is …
Britannica English vocabulary
CURLEW — curlew BrE AmE ˈkɜːl juː -uː AmE \ ˈkɝːl- ▷ curlew|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURLEW — / ˈkɜːljuː; NAmE ˈkɜːrl-/ noun a bird with a long thin beak that curves downwards, that lives near water •• …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CURLEW — cur ‧ lew /ˈkɜːljuː $ ˈkɜːrluː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: corlieu …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CURLEW — n. any wading bird of the genus Numenius, esp. N. arquatus, possessing a usu. long slender down-curved bill. [ME f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CURLEW — n. any wading bird of the genus Numenius, esp. n. arquatus, possessing a usu. long slender down-curved bill. [ ME …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
CURLEW — n. any wading bird of the genus Numenius, esp. N. arquatus, possessing a usu. long slender down-curved bill. Etymology: ME …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURLEW — ( curlews) A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURLEW — (~s) A ~ is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CURLEW — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As we taxied to a halt on the coastal grassy runway, we disturbed parties of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CURLEW — [noun] [C] - a large brownish coloured bird with long legs and a very long curved beak, which is usually …
Cambridge English vocab
STONE — n. bird stone Black Stone of Mecca kidney stone Middle Stone Age New Stone Age Old Stone Age Rosetta Stone …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CURLEW — n. Any of eight species (genus Numenius ) of shorebirds having a sickle-shaped bill that curves downward at the tip, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CURLEW — Classification: City Located in: Iowa (IA) Total Population (2000): 62 Total Housing Units (2000): 36 Land Area (square meters): 1963780 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
STONE — I. noun 1 hard solid substance ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ hard ▪ rough , smooth ▪ weathered ▪ carved ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник; драгоценный камень to hurl, throw a stone ≈ бросить камень foundation stone paving stone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CURLEW — сущ. кроншнеп (птица) (зоология) кроншнеп (Numenius arquatus) curlew кроншнеп (птица)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CURLEW — Кулик
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — stone.ogg 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CURLEW — n зоол. кроншнеп ( Numenius arquatus )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" ( дефект …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" (дефект стекла) 4) жернов, жерновой …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STONE — 1) бутовой 2) жерновой камень 3) каменный 4) каменосечный 5) камень 6) камне 7) косточка 8) полевой 9) стоуновский • bronek stone ballasting — балластировка щебнем cut stone to size — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STONE — 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, покрытая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone б) камень (как материал), брусчатка a house …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CURLEW — орнит. кроншнеп (Numenius); большой кроншнеп (Numenius arquata) - beach curlew - beach stone curlew - bush curlew - Eskimo curlew - Eurasian curlew - European curlew - Far-Eastern …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CURLEW — орнит. кроншнеп ( Numenius ) ; большой кроншнеп ( Numenius arquata ) - beach curlew - beach stone curlew - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
STONE — 1) (строительный) камень (обычно больше чем 254 мм, но меньше, чем 604 мм) 2) оселок, абразивный брусок 3) каменный 4) обкладывать камнем; выстилать …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
STONE — камень stones per carat — число алмазов на карат (единица измерения величины или зернистости алмазов) - asphaltic stone - blunt stone - blunt-edge stone - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
STONE — камень; каменный блок - abutment stone - apex stone - arch stone - artificial stone - bond stone - border …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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