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Meaning of nycticorax | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2

Definitions

nightjar, bittern or similar bird

declension-3, masculine

Equivalents

Bosanski lelek

Català enganyapastors

Čeština lelek

Cymraeg gwalch y nos nyddwr troellwr

Deutsch Nachtschwalbe Ziegenmelker

English nightjar

Esperanto kaprimulgo

Español caprimulgo chotacabras guardacaminos

Eesti öösorr

Suomi kehrääjä

Français caprimulgidés engoulevent

Gaeilge tuirne lín

Galego noiteboa noitebra

Hausa yautai

Hrvatski lelek

Magyar lappantyú

Íslenska náttfari

Italiano caprimulgo succiacapre

日本語夜鷹

한국어 쏙독새

Latina caprimulgus

Lëtzebuergesch Fléimouk

Malti buqrajq

Nederlands geitenmelker nachtzwaluw

Polski kozodój lelek lelek kozodój

Português bacurau curiango noitibó

Română caprimulg

Русский козодой

Српски lelek

Svenska nattskärra skärra

Türkçe çobanaldatan

Tiếng Việt cú muỗi

中文夜鷹

ZH-TW 夜鷹

Examples

“Nycticorax ipsa est noctua, quia noctem amat. Est enim avis lūcifuga, et sōlem vidēre nōn patītur.”

The nightjar itself is nocturnal, because it loves the night. For it is a light-fleeing bird, and cannot bear to see the sun.

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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Meaning of nycticorax | Babel Free

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