CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chuck-will's-widow mean? 

• CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW (noun)
  The noun CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW has 1 sense:

1. large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States

  Familiarity information: CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caprimulgus carolinensis; chuck-will's-widow

Hypernyms ("chuck-will's-widow" 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 ("chuck-will's-widow" is a member of...):

Caprimulgus; genus Caprimulgus (type genus of the Caprimulgidae)