OILBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oilbird mean? 

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

1. nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OILBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

guacharo; oilbird; Steatornis caripensis

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

caprimulgiform bird (long-winged nonpasserine birds)

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

genus Steatornis; Steatornis (type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae)