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    POORWILL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Goatsucker of western North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    Phalaenoptilus nuttallii; poorwill

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("poorwill" is a kind of...):

    caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)

    Holonyms ("poorwill" is a member of...):

    genus Phalaenoptilus; Phalaenoptilus (a genus of Caprimulgidae)

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