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CAPRIMULGID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
Synonyms:
caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caprimulgid" is a kind of...):
caprimulgiform bird (long-winged nonpasserine birds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caprimulgid"):
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 ("caprimulgid" is a member of...):
Caprimulgidae; family Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)
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