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parauque

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.

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  • noun dated A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America, allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker.

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  • Then I hit "parauque" at the bottom of the middle column on page 66, if you're following along at home and thought I'd better look it up so I'd know whether to mentally pronounce it as if it were French or Spanish.

    languagehat.com: ORNITHONOMY. 2005

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