order Caprimulgiformes

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A group of birds active at night, like nightjars, frogmouths, and oilbirds

noun
/ˈɔrdər ˌkæprɪˈmʌlɡɪfɔrmiz/

Specialized

: orden Caprimulgiformes

The order Caprimulgiformes includes fascinating nocturnal birds such as nightjars and frogmouths.

Examples

Oilbirds, the only nocturnal fruit-eating birds, belong to the order Caprimulgiformes.
The order Caprimulgiformes includes various species of nightjars.
Scientists have studied the migration patterns of species within the order Caprimulgiformes.
Did you know that the order Caprimulgiformes contains nocturnal birds?
Oilbirds, the only nocturnal fruit-eating birds, belong to the order Caprimulgiformes.
Scientists have studied the migration patterns of species within the order Caprimulgiformes.
The order Caprimulgiformes includes fascinating nocturnal birds such as nightjars and frogmouths.

Synonyms

Caprimulgiformes

vsorder Caprimulgiformes

Specialized

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A group of night birds like nightjars and oilbirds that have wide mouths and soft feathers

is the same group but expressed with the taxonomic rank word included

Surface Forms

order Caprimulgiformes singular

order Caprimulgiformes plural

Morphology

order + Caprimulgiformes

The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'order' (a taxonomic grouping) and the taxon name 'Caprimulgiformes', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to that taxonomic order of nocturnal birds. Although technical and containing a Latin name, the naming pattern is conventional and cross-linguistically familiar, making the meaning directly derivable.

Etymology

Order Caprimulgiformes comes from old Latin words: capri- meaning 'goat' and mulgere meaning 'to milk', because people once thought these night birds took milk from goats while they slept. The ending -iformes shows it is a group of similar birds, so the name refers to the order of night birds like nightjars and oilbirds.