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Definition of Caprimulgus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Caprimulgidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Caprimulgidae, Family Caprimulgidae
Member holonyms: Caprimulgus Europaeus, European Goatsucker, European Nightjar, Caprimulgus Carolinensis, Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus Vociferus, Whippoorwill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caprimulgus
Literary usage of Caprimulgus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"Some specimens have large white spots on the outer rectrices, others are without
them, the latter probably being the females. (3) Caprimulgus EXIMIUS. ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... in the wings and tail, or have other ornamental plumes during the breeding-season.
THE TRUE NIGHT-JARS. GENUS Caprimulgus. Caprimulgus, Linn. Syst. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(3) Caprimulgus, Lin.(4) The Goatsuckers have the same light, soft plumage, ...
120, or Cyps. cottons, Pr. Max., Col. 195. (4) Caprimulgus, Goatsucker ..."
4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"ON A NESTING SPECIMEN OF Caprimulgus ... of stony ground sparsely covered with
vegetation, my horse stepped within six inches of a goatsucker (Caprimulgus ..."
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