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EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European nightjar mean?
• EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR has 1 sense:
1. Old World goatsucker
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World goatsucker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Caprimulgus europaeus; European goatsucker; European nightjar
Hypernyms ("European nightjar" is a kind of...):
caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)
Holonyms ("European nightjar" is a member of...):
Caprimulgus; genus Caprimulgus (type genus of the Caprimulgidae)
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