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Nightjar   Listen
noun
Nightjar  n.  A goatsucker, esp. the European species.





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"Nightjar" Quotes from Famous Books



... place of concealment. A strong scouting party of Cimarrones had been thrown forward in advance to guard against surprise, and as George completed his inspection of weapons and equipment the cry of a nightjar coming from the extreme distance and repeated ever nearer by the line of scouts told that the way was clear and that the column might begin ...
— The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer • Harry Collingwood
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Words linked to "Nightjar" :   Caprimulgus europaeus, bullbat, Caprimulgus vociferus, chuck-will's-widow, caprimulgid, European nightjar, Caprimulgidae, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, nighthawk, Caprimulgus carolinensis, European goatsucker, goatsucker, whippoorwill, poorwill, family Caprimulgidae, mosquito hawk, caprimulgiform bird


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