CAPRIMULGUS EUROPAEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caprimulgus europaeus mean? 

• CAPRIMULGUS EUROPAEUS (noun)
  The noun CAPRIMULGUS EUROPAEUS has 1 sense:

1. Old World goatsucker

  Familiarity information: CAPRIMULGUS EUROPAEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPRIMULGUS EUROPAEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World goatsucker

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caprimulgus europaeus; European goatsucker; European nightjar

Hypernyms ("Caprimulgus europaeus" 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 ("Caprimulgus europaeus" is a member of...):

Caprimulgus; genus Caprimulgus (type genus of the Caprimulgidae)