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chuck-will's-widow

[ chuhk-wilz-wid-oh ]

noun

  1. a goatsucker, Caprimulgus carolinensis, of the southern U.S., resembling the whippoorwill but larger.


chuck-will's-widow

noun

  1. a large North American nightjar, Caprimulgus carolinensis, similar to the whippoorwill
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of chuck-will's-widow1

First recorded in 1785–95; fanciful representation of its incessant call
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Example Sentences

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In the Southern States a somewhat larger whip-poor-will, but with the same habits, is known as chuck-will's-widow.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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