jar-owln.
/ˈdʒɑːraʊl/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑrˌaʊl/ A local name of the goatsucker or night-jar.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar)
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1832–5 E. Jesse Gleanings Nat. Hist. (1843) 297 The Caprimulgus is known in different parts of England by the names of the dor-hawk,..jarr-owl, churn-owl,..and night-jarr.
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