nightjar Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Night"jar` noun
Definitions
  1. A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker.

Webster 1913