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nightchurr

nightchurr is the alternative form of nightjar.

Meaning of nightjar

Noun

nightjar (plural nightjars)

  1. Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds, of the family Caprimulgidae from the order Caprimulgiformes, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.

Forms of nightchurr

pluralnightchurrs

Origin of nightchurr

From night + churr, jar (“a sound, chirp, cry”).

Questions about nightchurr

What is nightchurr the alternative form of?
Nightchurr is the alternative form of nightjar.

Words near nightchurr in the dictionary

  1. nightcapping
  2. nightcaps
  3. nightcare
  4. nightcart
  5. nightcarts
  6. nightchurr
  7. nightchurrs
  8. nightclass
  9. nightclasses
  10. Nightcliff gardener's disease
  11. nightcloth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nightchurr (page history and authors); nightjar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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