CAPRIMULGIFORM BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caprimulgiform bird mean? 

• CAPRIMULGIFORM BIRD (noun)
  The noun CAPRIMULGIFORM BIRD has 1 sense:

1. long-winged nonpasserine birds

  Familiarity information: CAPRIMULGIFORM BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPRIMULGIFORM BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-winged nonpasserine birds

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("caprimulgiform bird" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caprimulgiform bird"):

caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)

frogmouth (insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth)

guacharo; oilbird; Steatornis caripensis (nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter)

Holonyms ("caprimulgiform bird" is a member of...):

Caprimulgiformes; order Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds)