wheelbird

English

Etymology

wheel +‎ bird, from the sound of its cry?

Noun

wheelbird (plural wheelbirds)

(UK, dialect, dated) The European goatsucker.

References

“wheelbird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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