| 单词 | chuck-will's-widow |
| 释义 | chuck-will's-widow (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY chuck-will's-widow USAGE EXAMPLESIn the Southern States a somewhat larger whip-poor-will, but with the same habits, is known as chuck-will's-widow. Blanchan, Neltje, Birds Every Child Should Know(2011) Its song, which is uttered, like that of the whip-poor-will, at night, is a constant repetition of the sound, chuck-will's-widow, very distinctly articulated. Various, Natural History in Anecdote—Illustr...(2011) The chuck-will's-widow, which in the south supplies the place of our whippoorwill, repeated his oft-told tale of "chuck-will's-widow, chuck-will's-widow," with untiring earnestness. Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes), Voyage of the Paper Canoe—A Geograp...(2010) n large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States Syn|Hyper Caprimulgus carolinensis caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects |
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