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chuck-will's-widow definition

☆ chuck·-will's·-widow (c̸huk′wilz′wid′ō)

noun

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

Etymology: echoic of its cry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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