Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nightjar

1 sense of nightjar

Sense 1
goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid -- (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)
       => caprimulgiform bird -- (long-winged nonpasserine birds)