English to Chinese Meaning of nightjar - 夜鹰

Nightjar :

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Definitions of nightjar in English

Noun(1) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

Examples of nightjar in English

(1) We even visited the walkway at night with the good fortune of looking down on one of the rarest birds of our trip, a brown nightjar , a not too distant relative of our whippoorwill, but a very rare and little-known bird.(2) My encounters with that mysterious bird, the nightjar , have been few and are perhaps the more memorable for that.(3) Birds such as grouse, crows, quail, partridge, nightjars , cuckoos, shrikes, larks, pipits, merlins, harriers, kestrels and buzzards would all have been seen.(4) The classification we use recognizes three distinct orders for owls, falcons, and nightjars .(5) The nocturnal owls, nightjars , and allies often are poorly known, and very few species have been studied in detail.

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Noun

1. caprimulgid ::

caprimulgid

2. goatsucker ::

goatsucker

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