pauraque

[ pou-rah-key; Spanish pou-rah-ke ]

/ paʊˈrɑ keɪ; Spanish paʊˈrɑ kɛ /

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noun, plural pau·ra·ques

[pou-rah-keyz; Spanish pou-rah-kes]. /paʊˈrɑ keɪz; Spanish paʊˈrɑ kɛs/.

a large, tropical American goatsucker, Nyctidromus albicollis.

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Origin of pauraque

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