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thick-knees

thick-knees is the plural of thick-knee.

Meaning of thick-knee

Noun

thick-knee (plural thick-knees)

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

Phrases with thick-knees

Questions about thick-knees

What is thick-knees the plural of?
Thick-knees is the plural of thick-knee.

Words near thick-knees in the dictionary

  1. thick-crust pizzas
  2. thick-headed
  3. thick-horned nudibranch
  4. thick-horned nudibranchs
  5. thick-knee
  6. thick-knees
  7. thick-leaved poison
  8. thick-set
  9. thick-skinned
  10. thick-skinnedness
  11. thick-skulled

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