NOUN | animal | caprimulgiform bird | long-winged nonpasserine birds |
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Meaning | long-winged nonpasserine birds. | |
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Member of | Caprimulgiformes, order Caprimulgiformes | goatsuckers |
Narrower | frogmouth | insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth |
goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid | mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes | |
oilbird, guacharo, Steatornis caripensis | nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter | |
Broader | bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
Spanish | caprimulgiforme | |
Catalan | ocell caprimulgiforme |
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