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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Steatornis Caripensis (0.07774 detik)
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English → English (WordNet) Definition: Steatornis caripensis Steatornis caripensis n : nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter [syn: oilbird, guacharo]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Steatornis Caripensis Guacharo \Gua*cha"ro\, n. [Cf. Sp. gu['a]charo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.] (Zo["o]l.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis , or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird. [1913 Webster] Note: It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives. [1913 Webster]

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