Nightjar - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: nightjarCaprimulgidae
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active birds including the whip poor will Caprimulgus vociferus the chuck wills widow Caprimulgus carolinensis and the common nighthawk Chordeiles minor called popularly the goatsuckers or nightjars The nighthawks are sometimes active during the day...
Churr
A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects as the cockchafer or by some birds as the nightjar the partridge etc...
Goatsucker
One of several species of insectivorous birds belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera esp the European species Caprimulgus Europaeligus so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats The European species is also goat milker goat owl goat chaffer fern owl night hawk nightjar night churr churr owl gnat hawk and dorhawk...
Nightjar
A goatsucker esp the European species See Illust of Goatsucker...
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