Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chuck-will's-widow

1 sense of chuck-will's-widow

Sense 1
chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis -- (large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States)
       => goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid -- (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)