LYRE-TAILED NIGHTJAR

Meaning of LYRE-TAILED NIGHTJAR in English

noun

: a So. American goatsucker ( Hydropsalis brasiliana ) having a lyrate tail that it opens and shuts while in flight

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

LYRE — lire
English interlingue dictionary
TAILED — adjective see: tail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIGHTJAR — noun Etymology: from its harsh sound Date: 1630 any of a family (Caprimulgidae) of medium-sized long-winged crepuscular or nocturnal birds …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LYRE — noun Etymology: Middle English lire, from Anglo-French, from Latin lyra, from Greek Date: 13th century a stringed instrument of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIGHTJAR — or goatsucker Any of about 60–70 species of birds (family Caprimulgidae) found almost worldwide in temperate to tropical regions. The …
Английский словарь Британика
LYRE — Stringed musical instrument consisting of a resonating body with two arms and a crossbar to which the strings extending from …
Английский словарь Британика
TAILED — ˈtā(ə)ld adjective Etymology: Middle English, from tail + -ed 1. : having a tail 2. [from past participle of tail …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIGHTJAR — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: night (I) + jar (pound); from its harsh sound : a common grayish brown European nocturnal bird …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LYRE — ˈlī(ə)r, ˈlīə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lire, from Old French, from Latin lyra, from Greek 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILED — (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, …
Английский словарь Webster
NIGHTJAR — (n.) A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker.
Английский словарь Webster
LYRE — (n.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
Английский словарь Webster
LYRE — (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
Английский словарь Webster
TAILED — ( a. ) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NIGHTJAR — ( n. ) A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LYRE — ( n. ) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LYRE — ( n. ) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILED — /tayld/ , adj. 1. having a tail. 2. having a tail of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NIGHTJAR — /nuyt"jahr'/ , n. 1. a nocturnal European bird, Caprimulgus europaeus, of the family Caprimulgidae, having a short bill and a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LYRE — /luyeur/ , n. 1. a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILED — adj. having a tail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NIGHTJAR — n. species of insectivorous nocturnal bird from the genus Caprimulgus, goatsucker
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LYRE — n. ancient Greek harp-like instrument
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAILED — see tail I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIGHTJAR — noun Etymology: from its harsh sound Date: 1630 : any of a family (Caprimulgidae) of medium-sized long-winged crepuscular or nocturnal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LYRE — noun Etymology: Middle English lire, from Anglo-French, from Latin lyra, from Greek Date: 13th century 1. : a stringed instrument …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAILED — adj having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, …
Webster English vocab
NIGHTJAR — noun a goatsucker, ·esp. the european species. ·see ·illust. of goatsucker.
Webster English vocab
LYRE — noun one of the constellations; lyra. ·see lyra. 2. lyre ·noun a stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp …
Webster English vocab
NIGHTJAR — ■ noun a nocturnal insectivorous bird with grey-brown plumage, large eyes and gape, and a distinctive call. [ Caprimulgus europaeus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LYRE — ■ noun a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used especially in ancient …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NIGHTJAR — [night.jar] n [fr. its harsh sound] (1630): any of a family (Caprimulgidae) of medium-sized long-winged crepuscular or nocturnal birds (as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LYRE — [lyre] n [ME lire, fr. OF, fr. L lyra, fr. Gk] (13c) 1: a stringed instrument of the harp class …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIGHTJAR — any of about 60 to 70 species of birds that make up the subfamily Caprimulginae of the family Caprimulgidae and …
Britannica English vocabulary
LYRE — stringed musical instrument having a yoke, or two arms and a crossbar, projecting out from and level with the body. …
Britannica English vocabulary
-TAILED — -tailed BrE AmE ˈteɪ ə ld ▷ — long-tailed ˌlɒŋ ˈteɪ ə ld ◂ AmE \ ˌlɔːŋ- ˌlɑːŋ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NIGHTJAR — nightjar BrE AmE ˈnaɪt dʒɑː AmE \ -dʒɑːr ▷ nightjar|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LYRE — lyre BrE AmE ˈla ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈlaɪ‿ ə r (= liar) ▷ lyres ˈla ɪ ‿əz AmE ˈlaɪ‿ ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NIGHTJAR — / ˈnaɪtdʒɑː(r); NAmE / noun a brown bird with a long tail and a rough unpleasant cry, that is active …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LYRE — lyre /laɪə $ laɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: lire , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NIGHTJAR — n. any nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae, having a characteristic harsh cry.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LYRE — n. Gk Antiq. an ancient stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp, played usu. with a plectrum and accompanying the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NIGHTJAR — n. any nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae, having a characteristic harsh cry.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LYRE — n. Gk Antiq. an ancient stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp, played usu. with a plectrum and accompanying the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NIGHTJAR — n. any nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae, having a characteristic harsh cry.
Oxford English vocab
LYRE — n. Gk Antiq. an ancient stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp, played usu. with a plectrum and accompanying the …
Oxford English vocab
-TAILED — see tail
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LYRE — ( lyres) A lyre is a stringed instrument that looks like a small harp. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-TAILED — see tail
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LYRE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NIGHTJAR — n. or goatsucker Any of about 6070 species of birds (family Caprimulgidae) found almost worldwide in temperate to tropical regions. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LYRE — n. Stringed musical instrument consisting of a resonating body with two arms and a crossbar to which the strings extending …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TAILED — dilate detail
Anagrams English vocabulary
TAILED — хвостатый - tailed curve хвостатый бесхвостый; с отрубленным хвостом > * rhyme стих с нерифмованной заключительной строкой
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIGHTJAR — сущ. козодой (птица) (зоология) козодой (Caprimulgus gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LYRE — сущ. лира to play the lyre ≈ играть на лире лира (L.) (астрономия) Лира (созвездие) lyre лира
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAILED — Хвостатый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NIGHTJAR — Козодой
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TAILED — tailed.ogg teıld a 1. хвостатый 2. бесхвостый; с отрубленным хвостом tailed rhyme - стих с нерифмованной заключительной строкой
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NIGHTJAR — n зоол. козодой ( Caprimulgus gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LYRE — lyre.ogg ʹlaıə n 1. лира 2. (Lyre) = Lyra
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAILED — хвостатый - tailed curve
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NIGHTJAR — сущ.козодой (птица)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LYRE — сущ.лира to play the lyre — играть на лире
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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