Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
thick-knee is a noun meaning "large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint". It carries one recorded sense.
large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for thick-knee come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.