nightjar (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *nightjar*:
NOUN	animal	nightjar, goatsucker, caprimulgid	mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes

English > *nightjar*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects.
Synonyms	goatsucker, caprimulgid
Member of	Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae	goatsuckers
Narrower	European goatsucker, European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus	Old World goatsucker
	chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis	large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
	nighthawk, bullbat, mosquito hawk	mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
	poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii	goatsucker of western North America
	whippoorwill, Caprimulgus vociferus	American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage
Broader	caprimulgiform bird	long-winged nonpasserine birds
Spanish	caprimulgid, chotacabras
Catalan	bocatxo, caprimulgid, caprimúlgid, escanyapastors, escloper

HyperDic: nightjar