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Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
Answer for the clue "Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter ", 7 letters:
oilbird
Word definitions for oilbird in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guacharo \Gua*cha"ro\, n. [Cf. Sp. gu['a]charo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.] (Zo["o]l.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad ( Steatornis Caripensis , or S. steatornis ); -- called also oilbird . Note: It resembles the goatsuckers ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (taxlink Steatornis caripensis species noshow=1), a nocturnal South American bird related to the nightjars that feeds on the fruit of the oil palm and tropical laurels.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter [syn: guacharo , Steatornis caripensis ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The oilbirds ( Steatornis caripensis ), locally known as the guácharo , are birds found in the northern areas of South America (including the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago ). Nesting in colonies in caves, they are nocturnal feeders ...
Usage examples of oilbird.
The birds that do it are the oilbirds of South America, and the cave swiftlets of the Far East, the ones whose nests are used for birds' nest soup.