- European nightjar
- nounOld World goatsucker• Syn: ↑European goatsucker, ↑Caprimulgus europaeus• Hypernyms: ↑goatsucker, ↑nightjar, ↑caprimulgid• Member Holonyms: ↑Caprimulgus, ↑genus Caprimulgus
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European nightjar
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European Nightjar — Taxobox name = European Nightjar status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 260px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Caprimulgiformes familia = Caprimulgidae genus = Caprimulgus species = C. europaeus binomial =… … Wikipedia
European Nightjar — lėlys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Caprimulgus europeus angl. European Nightjar vok. Nachtschwalbe … Paukščių anatomijos terminai
European nightjar — europinis lėlys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Caprimulgus europaeus angl. European nightjar vok. Ziegenmelker, m rus. обыкновенный козодой, m pranc. engoulevent d Europe, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrieji lėliai… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
nightjar — [nīt′jär΄] n. [ NIGHT + JAR1: from the whirring noise made by the male] any of a family (Caprimulgidae) of goatsuckers; esp., the common European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) … English World dictionary
Nightjar — Goatsucker redirects here. For the cryptid translated from Spanish as goat sucker, see Chupacabra. This article is about the bird. For the aircraft, see Gloster Nightjar. Nightjars Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, and Whip poor will … Wikipedia
European goatsucker — noun Old World goatsucker • Syn: ↑European nightjar, ↑Caprimulgus europaeus • Hypernyms: ↑goatsucker, ↑nightjar, ↑caprimulgid • Member Holonyms: ↑Caprimulgus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Nightjar — Night jar , n. A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of {Goatsucker}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nightjar — /nuyt jahr /, n. 1. a nocturnal European bird, Caprimulgus europaeus, of the family Caprimulgidae, having a short bill and a wide mouth and feeding on insects captured in the air. 2. Also called goatsucker. any other nocturnal or crepuscular bird … Universalium
nightjar — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Red-necked Nightjar — Taxobox name = Red necked Nightjar status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Caprimulgiformes familia = Caprimulgidae genus = Caprimulgus species = C. ruficollis binomial … Wikipedia
