jar-owl, jarr-owl
[jar n.1 8.]
A local name of the goatsucker or night-jar.
| 1832–5 Jesse Gleanings (1843) 297 The Caprimulgus is known in different parts of England by the names of the dor-hawk,..jarr-owl, churn-owl,..and night-jarr. |
jar-owl, jarr-owl
[jar n.1 8.]
A local name of the goatsucker or night-jar.
| 1832–5 Jesse Gleanings (1843) 297 The Caprimulgus is known in different parts of England by the names of the dor-hawk,..jarr-owl, churn-owl,..and night-jarr. |
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