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Webster 1913 Edition

Nightjar

Night′jarˊ

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Noun.

A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of

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Definition 2024

nightjar

nightjar

English

Noun

nightjar ‎(plural nightjars)

Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.

Translations

nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae

Chechen: буьйсанан мокха хьоза ‎(büjsanan moqa ḥoza)
Czech: lelek (cs) m
Estonian: öösorr (et)
Finnish: kehrääjä (fi)
French: engoulevent (fr) m
German: Ziegenmelker (de) m, Nachtschwalbe f
Hausa: yautai
Hungarian: lappantyú (hu)
Irish: tuirne lín m
Luxembourgish: Fléimouk f
Malay: burung tukang m
Manx: hullad rhennee f

Norman: huppe f (Jersey)
Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: nattravn m

Norwegian Nynorsk: natteramn m
Polish: lelek (pl) m
Portuguese: noitibó (pt) m, bacurau (pt) m, curiango m
Russian: козодо́й (ru) m ‎(kozodój)
Spanish: chotacabras (es) m, guardacaminos m, caprimulgo m
Swedish: nattskärra (sv) c
Turkish: çobanaldatan (tr)
Welsh: gwalch y nos m, nyddwr m, troellwr m