| caprimulgidae | (n) goatsuckers, Syn. family Caprimulgidae |
| caprimulgiform bird | (n) long-winged nonpasserine birds |
| caprimulgiformes | (n) goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds, Syn. order Caprimulgiformes |
| caprimulgus | (n) type genus of the Caprimulgidae, Syn. genus Caprimulgus |
| genus primula | (n) very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers |
| primulaceae | (n) a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, Syn. family Primulaceae, primrose family |
| primulales | (n) Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae, Syn. order Primulales |
| primus | (n) the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland |
| primus stove | (n) a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers, Syn. Primus |
| auricula | (n) yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated, Syn. bear's ear, Primula auricula |
| chinese primrose | (n) cultivated Asiatic primrose, Syn. Primula sinensis |
| chuck-will's-widow | (n) large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States, Syn. Caprimulgus carolinensis |
| cowslip | (n) early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers, Syn. paigle, Primula veris |
| english primrose | (n) plant of western and southern Europe widely cultivated for its pale yellow flowers, Syn. Primula vulgaris |
| european goatsucker | (n) Old World goatsucker, Syn. Caprimulgus europaeus, European nightjar |
| first cause | (n) an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause, Syn. primum mobile, prime mover |
| goatsucker | (n) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects, Syn. caprimulgid, nightjar |
| oxlip | (n) Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel, Syn. paigle, Primula elatior |
| polyanthus | (n) florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose, Syn. Primula polyantha |
| primrose | (n) any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads, Syn. primula |
| whippoorwill | (n) American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage, Syn. Caprimulgus vociferus |
| Caprimulgidae | n. [ L. capris goat + mulgere to milk. ] a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active birds including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis), and the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the day.
Syn. -- goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae. [ PJC ] The family . . . is alternately known as the nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of several species -- "jarring" the night air), or goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be discontinued as it has its origin in the preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk of nanny goats until they were dry. Terence Michael Short (Wild Birds of the Americas) |
| Caprimulgiformes | n. an order of birds including the goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo) (family Steatornithidae).
Syn. -- order Caprimulgiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Caprimulgus | n. the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn. -- genus Caprimulgus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| Primula | ‖n. [ LL. See Primrose. ] (Bot.) The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Primulaceous | a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceæ), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Primum mobile | ‖ [ L., first cause of motion. ] (Astron.) In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline. [ 1913 Webster ] The motions of the greatest persons in a government ought to be, as the motions of the planets, under primum mobile. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Primus | ‖n. [ L., the first. ] One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. Internat. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| プリムラ | [purimura] (n) primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens) [Add to Longdo] |
| ホイップアーウイル夜鷹;ホイッパーウィル夜鷹 | [ホイップアーウイルよたか(ホイップアーウイル夜鷹);ホイッパーウィルよたか(ホイッパーウィル夜鷹);ホイップアーウイルヨタカ;ホイッパーウィルヨタカ, hoippua-uiru yotaka ( hoippua-uiru yotaka ); hoippa-uiru yotaka ( hoippa-uiru yotak] (n) (uk) whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus); whippoorwill [Add to Longdo] |
| ポリアンサス | [poriansasu] (n) polyanthus (Primula x polyantha) [Add to Longdo] |
| 乙女桜 | [おとめざくら, otomezakura] (n) fairy primrose (Primula Malacoides) [Add to Longdo] |
| 桜草 | [さくらそう;サクラソウ, sakurasou ; sakurasou] (n) (1) (uk) primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens); (2) Siebold's primrose (Primula siebold) [Add to Longdo] |
| 常盤桜 | [ときわざくら, tokiwazakura] (n) round leaved primula (Primula obconica); primrose; poison primrose [Add to Longdo] |
| 西洋桜草 | [せいようさくらそう, seiyousakurasou] (n) (See プリムラ) primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens) [Add to Longdo] |
| 雪割り草;雪割草 | [ゆきわりそう;ユキワリソウ, yukiwarisou ; yukiwarisou] (n) (1) (See 三角草・みすみそう, 州浜草・すはまそう) hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; (2) bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose [Add to Longdo] |
| 夜鷹;蚊母鳥;怪鴟 | [よたか;ぶんぼちょう(蚊母鳥), yotaka ; bunbochou ( ka haha tori )] (n) (1) (uk) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); (2) (uk) nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; (3) (夜鷹 only) streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); (4) (夜鷹 only) (abbr) (See 夜鷹蕎麦) soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors [Add to Longdo] |
