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chuck-will's-widow
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chuck-will's-widow, n.
A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker ) (Caprimulgus carolinensis , formerly Antrostomus Carolinensis ), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note. [1913 Webster]
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