noun
type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews
• Syn: ↑Burhinus
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Burhinidae, ↑family Burhinidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑stone curlew, ↑thick-knee, ↑Burhinus oedicnemus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.