oilbird : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: oilbird	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for oilbird
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oilbird n nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter Synonym(s): oilbird, guacharo, Steatornis caripensis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oilbird \Oil"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Guacharo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Guacharo \[d8]Gua*cha"ro\, n. [Cf. Sp. gu[a0]charo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.] (Zo[94]l.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad ({Steatornis Caripensis}, or {S. steatornis}); -- called also {oilbird.} Note: It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives.