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pauraque

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

noun

, plural pau·ra·ques [pou-, rah, -keyz, pou-, rah, -kes].
  1. a large, tropical American goatsucker, Nyctidromus albicollis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pauraque1

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

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