Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

nightjarmore about nightjar

nightjar


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nightjar  \Night"jar`\,  n. 
  A  goatsucker,  esp.  the  European  species.  See  Illust.  of 
  {Goatsucker}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Goatsucker  \Goat"suck`er\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  One  of  several  species  of  insectivorous  birds,  belonging  to 
  {Caprimulgus}  and  allied  genera,  esp.  the  European  species 
  ({Caprimulgus  Europ[ae]us});  --  so  called  from  the  mistaken 
  notion  that  it  sucks  goats.  The  European  species  is  also 
  {goat-milker},  {goat  owl},  {goat  chaffer},  {fern  owl},  {night 
  hawk},  {nightjar},  {night  churr},  {churr-owl},  {gnat  hawk}, 
  and  {dorhawk}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nightjar 
  n  :  mainly  crepuscular  or  nocturnal  nonpasserine  birds  with 
  mottled  grayish-brown  plumage  and  large  eyes;  feed  on 
  insects  [syn:  {goatsucker},  {caprimulgid}] 




more about nightjar