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stone-curlew

stone-curlew is the alternative spelling of stone curlew.

Meaning of stone curlew

Noun

stone curlew (plural stone curlews)

  1. Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the family Burhinidae.

Forms of stone-curlew

pluralstone-curlews

Phrases with stone-curlew

Questions about stone-curlew

What is stone-curlew the alternative spelling of?
Stone-curlew is the alternative spelling of stone curlew.

Words near stone-curlew in the dictionary

  1. stone-cold
  2. stone-cold fox
  3. stone-cold foxes
  4. stone-cold sober
  5. Stone-cum-Ebony
  6. stone-curlew
  7. stone-curlews
  8. stone-dead
  9. stone-deaf
  10. stone-faced
  11. stone-fence

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