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nightjar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nightjar has 1 sense
- nightjar(n = noun.animal) caprimulgid, goatsucker - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects; Array is a kind of caprimulgiform bird
is a member of caprimulgidae, family caprimulgidae
has particulars: caprimulgus europaeus, european goatsucker, european nightjar, caprimulgus carolinensis, chuck-will's-widow, caprimulgus vociferus, whippoorwill, bullbat, mosquito hawk, nighthawk, phalaenoptilus nuttallii, poorwill
CIDE DICTIONARY
nightjar, n.
A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nightjar, n. any nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae, having a characteristic harsh cry.
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