Found 1 items, similar to Chordeiles minor.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chordeiles minor nighthawk \nighthawk\ n. 1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a night owl . Syn: night owl, nightbird. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called the nightjar. Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk. [WordNet 1.5] Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to milk.] a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active birds including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus ), the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis ), and the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor ); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the day. Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae. [PJC] The family . . . is alternately known as the nightjars (derived from the “churring” sounds of several species -- “jarring” the night air), or goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be discontinued as it has its origin in the preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence Michael Short (Wild Birds of the Americas)