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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW

CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW Chuck `-Will's-wid "ow, n. (Zool.)

 

Defn: A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis ), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

chuck-will's-widow

chuck-will's-wid ow |ˌCHək ˌwilz ˈwidō, ˈwidə ˌtʃəkˌwɪlzˌwɪdoʊ | ▶noun a large nightjar native to eastern North America. [Caprimulgus carolinensis, family Caprimulgidae. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: imitative of its call.

 

Oxford Dictionary

chuck-will's-widow

chuck-will's-widow |ˌtʃʌkwɪlzˈwɪdəʊ | ▶noun a large nightjar native to eastern North America. ●Caprimulgus carolinensis, family Caprimulgidae. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: imitative of its call.