NIGHTJAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nightjar mean? 

• NIGHTJAR (noun)
  The noun NIGHTJAR has 1 sense:

1. mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

  Familiarity information: NIGHTJAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGHTJAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar

Hypernyms ("nightjar" is a kind of...):

caprimulgiform bird (long-winged nonpasserine birds)

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

Caprimulgus europaeus; European goatsucker; European nightjar (Old World goatsucker)

Caprimulgus carolinensis; chuck-will's-widow (large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States)

Caprimulgus vociferus; whippoorwill (American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage)

bullbat; mosquito hawk; nighthawk (mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker)

Phalaenoptilus nuttallii; poorwill (goatsucker of western North America)

Holonyms ("nightjar" is a member of...):

Caprimulgidae; family Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)