ANTROSTOMUS

Meaning of ANTROSTOMUS in English

an.ˈträstəməs noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from antro- (from Latin antrum cave) + -stomus

in some classifications : a genus of birds including the whippoorwill and chuck-will's-widow

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

WHIP-POOR-WILL — (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar …
Английский словарь Webster
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW — (n.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.
Английский словарь Webster
WHIP-POOR-WILL — ( n. ) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW — ( n. ) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHIP-POOR-WILL — noun an american bird (antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; so called in imitation of the peculiar …
Webster English vocab
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW — noun a species of goatsucker (antrostomus carolinensis), of the southern united states; so called from its note.
Webster English vocab

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