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pau⋅ra⋅que

  [pou-rah-key; Sp. pou-rah-ke]
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–noun, plural -ques  [-keyz; Sp. -kes] .
a large, tropical American goatsucker, Nyctidromus albicollis.
Origin:
1905–10; presumably Hispanicized sp. of a word < a language of tropical America
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pauraque

(Nyctidromus albicollis), nocturnal bird of brushlands from southern Texas to northern Argentina. It is a relative of the nightjar (q.v.), belonging to the family Caprimulgidae. The pauraque is about 30 cm (about 12 inches) long, with rounded wings and a longish tail. It is mottled brown with a bold white bar on each wing; in the male the outer tail feathers are white.

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