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Webster 1913 Edition

Chuck-Will's-widow

Chuckˊ-Will’s-wid′ow

,
Noun.
(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.

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