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oil·bird
(oil′bûrd′)n.
See guacharo.
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oilbird
(ˈɔɪlˌbɜːd)n
(Animals) a nocturnal gregarious cave-dwelling bird, Steatornis caripensis, of N South America and Trinidad, having a hooked bill and dark plumage: family Steatornithidae, order Caprimulgiformes. Also called: fatbird or guacharo
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oil•bird
(ˈɔɪlˌbɜrd)n.
a nocturnal cave-nesting bird of tropical South America, Steatornis caripensis, akin to the goatsuckers: the rendered fat of its young has been used as a cooking and lighting oil.
[1890]
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| Noun | 1. |  oilbird - nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of buttercaprimulgiform bird - long-winged nonpasserine birds genus Steatornis, Steatornis - type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae |
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