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"Nightjar" Definition

noun

A goatsucker, especially Caprimulgus europaeus of Europe, having gray and brown mottled plumage with long, slender white wings and a short bill.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Any of a family (Caprimulgidae) of medium-sized long-winged crepuscular or nocturnal birds (as the whip-poor-wills and ) having a short bill, short legs, and soft mottled plumage and feeding on insects which they catch on the wing .

Source: Merriam-Webster

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