chuck-will's-widow

chuck-will's-wid·ow

C0344600 (chŭk′wĭlz-wĭd′ō)n. A nightjar (Caprimulgus carolinensis) resembling the whip-poor-will and found in southeast North America, Central America, and northern South America.

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[Imitative of its call.]

chuck-will's-widow

n (Animals) a large North American nightjar, Caprimulgus carolinensis, similar to the whippoorwill

chuck′-will's-wid′ow

(ˈtʃʌk wɪlz)

n. a large nightjar, Caprimulgus carolinensis, of the southern U.S. [1785–95; representing the bird's call]

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chuck-will's-widow - large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United StatesCaprimulgus carolinensiscaprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insectsCaprimulgus, genus Caprimulgus - type genus of the Caprimulgidae