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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews;
[syn: Burhinidae, family Burhinidae]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Burhinidae \Burhinidae\ n. a natural family of large wading birds resembling the plovers; the stone curlews. Syn: family Burhinidae. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Burhinidae n 1: large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews [syn: Burhinidae, family Burhinidae]