| 单词 | night-swallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight-swallow night-swallow n. English regional the nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar) goat-milker1611 goatsucker1611 nighthawk1611 nightjar1630 dor-hawk1668 churn-owl1674 fern-owl1678 goat owl1766 eve-jara1793 puckeridgea1793 moth-hunter1816 wheel-bird1817 jar-owl1832 nightchurr1837 night-swallow1840 eve-churr1861 wheeler1862 scissors-grinder1875 puck1878 spinner1885 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 223/2 Night-Jars, the English name of those Night-Swallows vernacularly termed Goat-suckers. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 97 Nightjar... Night swallow. Because it catches insects on the wing. 1968 C. E. Jackson Brit. Names of Birds 59 Nightjar..night-swallow Devon, Surrey. < as lemmas |
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