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chuck-will's-widow

(c̸hukwilzwidō)

noun

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

Origin: echoic of its cry

See chuck-will's-widow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A bird (Caprimulgus carolinensis) of the southern and central United States, resembling but larger than the whippoorwill.

Origin:

Origin: Imitative of its call

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