nachtzwaluw
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Compound of nacht (“night”) + zwaluw (“swallow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nachtzwaluw f (plural nachtzwaluwen)
- A Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
- Synonym: geitenmelker
- (less specifically) A nightjar, any bird of the family Caprimulgidae
Further reading edit
- nachtzwaluw on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
- nachtzwaluwen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl