European nightjar


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Noun1.European nightjar - Old World goatsuckerEuropean nightjar - Old World goatsucker      
Caprimulgus europaeus, European goatsucker
caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
Caprimulgus, genus Caprimulgus - type genus of the Caprimulgidae
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The highlight of their visit, however, was the appearance of a European nightjar, which very obligingly posed for all the members' cameras.
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