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chuck-will's-widow Definition

chuck·-will's·-widow (c̸hukwilzwidō)

noun

a large nightjar (Caprimulgus carolinensis) of the S U.S., often mistaken for the slightly smaller whippoorwill

Etymology: echoic of its cry

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