fern-owln.
/ˈfəːnaʊl/, U.S. /ˈfərnˌaʊl/ a. The Nightjar or Goatsucker, Caprimulgus europæus.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar)
goat-milker1611
goatsucker1611
nighthawk1611
nightjar1630
dor-hawk1668
churn-owl1674
fern-owl1678
goat owl1766
eve-jara1793
puckeridgea1793
moth-hunter1816
wheel-bird1817
jar-owl1832
nightchurr1837
night-swallow1840
eve-churr1861
wheeler1862
scissors-grinder1875
puck1878
spinner1885
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. iii. 107 The Fern-owl..or Goat-sucker, Caprimulgus.
1776 G. White Let. 3 Apr. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 209 Not long after a fern-owl was procured.
1832–5 E. Jesse Gleanings Nat. Hist. (1843) 221 The fern-owl, or night-jar.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 44 'Midst bittern's boom and fern-owl's cry.
b. the Short-eared owl, Asio brachyotus.
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the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Asio > asio flammeus (short-eared owl)
hawk-owl1747
short-eared owl1766
mouse hawk1772
woodcock owl1840
prairie owl1846
fern-owl1885
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 129 Short-eared owl..Fern-Owl (Ireland).
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