英语词汇“potoo”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

potoo

/pəˈtuː

noun

A nocturnal insectivorous bird resembling a large nightjar, found in tropical America.

Genus Nyctibius and family Nyctibiidae: five species, in particular the common potoo (N. griseus).

That night trip also yielded a highland tinamou, two Virginia opossums and - after half an hour spent staring at a yellow eye in a distant tree - what turned out to be a potoo....

A distant relative of the whippoorwill, the potoo feeds mainly at night, opening its short, curved bill very wide to sweep up flying insects.
White-winged potoo, a large, very rare nocturnal bird; Iwokrama is one of the best places for spotting this species

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Jamaican creole, from Akan, of imitative origin.

单词	potoo
释义	potoo /pəˈtuː / noun A nocturnal insectivorous bird resembling a large nightjar, found in tropical America. Genus Nyctibius and family Nyctibiidae: five species, in particular the common potoo (N. griseus). That night trip also yielded a highland tinamou, two Virginia opossums and - after half an hour spent staring at a yellow eye in a distant tree - what turned out to be a potoo.... A distant relative of the whippoorwill, the potoo feeds mainly at night, opening its short, curved bill very wide to sweep up flying insects. White-winged potoo, a large, very rare nocturnal bird; Iwokrama is one of the best places for spotting this species Origin Mid 19th century: from Jamaican creole, from Akan, of imitative origin.
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