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pauraque

American

[pou-rah-key, pou-rah-ke] / paʊˈrɑ keɪ, paʊˈrɑ kɛ /

noun

a large, tropical American goatsucker, Nyctidromus albicollis.

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noun

pauraques

plural

Etymology

Origin of pauraque

First recorded in 1905–10; presumably Hispanicized spelling of a word < a language of tropical America

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