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Noun caprimulgid has 1 sense
  1. goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
    --1 is a kind of caprimulgiform bird
    --1 is a member of Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae
    --1 has particulars:
     European goatsucker, European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus; chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis; whippoorwill, Caprimulgus vociferus; nighthawk, bullbat, mosquito hawk; poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
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