nightjar

IPA: nˈaɪtjˈɑr

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

Examples of "nightjar" in Sentences

Somehow all of that nightjar inheritance was there before us in her all-seeing, stone-like quiescence.
There is a glorious passage by Henry Thoreau of his encounter with a nightjar relative called a nighthawk.
Our nightjar was a few metres away, but she betrayed no anxiety except to keep her pale lids fractionally open so that we could see a third of her liquid dark eyes.
A wing was all that was known of an Ethiopian nightjar, Caprimulgus solala, but adventurous birdwatchers managed to spot it, though they weren't able to capture it.
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