genus burhinus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	burhinus oedicnemus, stone curlew, thick-knee,
definition	:	large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	burhinidae, family burhinidae,
definition	:	large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews (noun.animal)