Found 2 items, similar to Caprimulgus carolinensis.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Caprimulgus carolinensis
Caprimulgus carolinensis
n : large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
[syn:
chuck-will's-widow]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Caprimulgus carolinensis
Caprimulgus
\Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the
Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (
Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (
Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus
Caprimulgus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
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)
Chuck-Will's-widow
\Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow\, n. (Zool.)
A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker)
(
Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly
Antrostomus Carolinensis
), of the southern United States; -- so called
from its note.
[1913 Webster]