Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

owlet-nightjar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: owlet-night-jar
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of small crepuscular birds comprising the order Aegotheliformes, of New Guinea, the Moluccas, and Australia.

Example Sentences

"The contemporary decline of birds – the owlette-nightjar, for example, and one species of duck – appears to support the presence of rats at that time."

Inflected Forms

owlet-nightjars (plural)

Questions

What does owlet-nightjar mean?: Any of several species of small crepuscular birds comprising the order Aegotheliformes, of New Guinea, the Moluccas, and Australia.

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