1. Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
   - goatsucker, caprimulgid

Derived forms: nightjars

Type of: caprimulgiform bird

Part of: Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae

Encyclopedia: Nightjar

• short-change
• short-circuit
• short-dated
• short-eared
• short-haired
• short-handed
• short-handled
• short-headed
• short-horned grasshopper
• short-lived
• short-nosed
• short-order
• short-range
• short-run
• short-sightedly
• short-snouted
• short-spurred
• short-spurred fragrant orchid
• short-staffed
• short-stalked
• short-staple cotton
• short-stemmed
• short-stop bath
• short-tailed
• short-tailed shrew