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chuck-will's-widow in British English
a large nightjar (Caprimulgus carolinensis) of the S U.S., often mistaken for the slightly smaller whippoorwill
noun: a goatsucker, Caprimulgus carolinensis, of the southern U.S., resembling the whippoorwill but larger
noun: a large North American nightjar, Caprimulgus carolinensis, similar to the whippoorwill

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