Definition of Chordeiles

1. Noun. A genus of Caprimulgidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Chordeiles
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Caprimulgidae, Family Caprimulgidae
Member holonyms: Bullbat, Mosquito Hawk, Nighthawk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chordeiles

Chomsky
Chomskyan
Chondrichthyes
Chondrus crispus
Chongjin
Chongqing
Chontales
Chopart
Chopart's amputation
Chopart's joint
Chopawamsic
Chopin
Chopra
Chopsticks
Chorasmia
Chordeiles (current term)
Chordospartium
Chorezm
Chorioptes
Choriotis
Choriotis australis
Chorizagrotis
Chorizagrotis auxiliaris
Chorizema
Chornobyl
Chorti
Choson
Chotzen's syndrome
Chou En-lai
Chou dynasty

Literary usage of Chordeiles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"240 (4203) Chordeiles virginianus henryi (Cassin) Coues. WESTERN NIGHTHAWK. STATUS—Fairly common summer visitant to the desert regions southeast of the ..."

2. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"Chordeiles texensis LAWR. Ann. Lye. NY VI. Dec 1856, 167. [B 116, C 268, R 358, C 402.] HAB. Southern border of the United States, from Texas to California ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"Mr. FE Beddard * in 1886, quoting a manuscript note left by Professor Garrod, stated that the genus Chordeiles possesses no gall bladder. ..."

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