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chuck-will's-widow
[ chuhk-wilz-wid-oh ]
noun
- a goatsucker, Caprimulgus carolinensis, of the southern U.S., resembling the whippoorwill but larger.
chuck-will's-widow
noun
- a large North American nightjar, Caprimulgus carolinensis, similar to the whippoorwill
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chuck-will's-widow1
Example Sentences
In the Southern States a somewhat larger whip-poor-will, but with the same habits, is known as chuck-will's-widow.
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.
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.
Among the oaks I walked in the evening, listening to the strange low chant of the chuck-will's-widow, —a name which the owner himself pronounces with a rest after the first syllable.
The chuck-will's-widow, which in the south supplies the place of our whippoorwill, repeated his oft-told tale of " chuckwill's-widow, chuck-will's-widow," with untiring earnestness.
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