chuck-will's-widown.

Etymology: Imitative of the bird's cry.

Popular name in U.S. of a species of Goat-sucker ( Caprimulgus carolinensis).

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1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 154 Caprimulgus rufus called chuck-will's-widow, from a fancied resemblance of his note to these words.

1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 49 The yellow breasted chat, chuck-wills-widow,..and numerous other birds occurred.

1828 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 273 (Bartl.) About the middle of March, the forests of Louisiana are heard to echo with the well-known notes of this interesting bird. No sooner has the sun disappeared..than the sound ‘Chuck-will's widow’, repeated with great clearness and power six or seven times in as many seconds, strikes the ear.

1945 J. J. Mathews Talking to Moon 52 The first notes of the chuck-will's-widow come plaintively from the east ridge as the moon rises.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	chuck-wills-widow
释义	chuck-will's-widown. Etymology: Imitative of the bird's cry. Popular name in U.S. of a species of Goat-sucker ( Caprimulgus carolinensis). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus carolinensis (Chuck-will's-widow) chuck-will's-widow1791 bull-bat1838 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 154 Caprimulgus rufus called chuck-will's-widow, from a fancied resemblance of his note to these words. 1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 49 The yellow breasted chat, chuck-wills-widow,..and numerous other birds occurred. 1828 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 273 (Bartl.) About the middle of March, the forests of Louisiana are heard to echo with the well-known notes of this interesting bird. No sooner has the sun disappeared..than the sound ‘Chuck-will's widow’, repeated with great clearness and power six or seven times in as many seconds, strikes the ear. 1945 J. J. Mathews Talking to Moon 52 The first notes of the chuck-will's-widow come plaintively from the east ridge as the moon rises. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1791
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