nightjar
English Thesaurus
1. mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | caprimulgiform bird, |
| definition | : | long-winged nonpasserine birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | caprimulgus europaeus, european goatsucker, european nightjar, |
| definition | : | Old World goatsucker (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | caprimulgus carolinensis, chuck-will's-widow, |
| definition | : | large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | caprimulgus vociferus, whippoorwill, |
| definition | : | American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bullbat, mosquito hawk, nighthawk, |
| definition | : | mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phalaenoptilus nuttallii, poorwill, |
| definition | : | goatsucker of western North America (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | caprimulgidae, family caprimulgidae, |
| definition | : | goatsuckers (noun.animal) |
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