Associations to the word «Oilbird»

Wiktionary

OILBIRD, noun. Steatornis caripensis, a nocturnal South American bird related to the nightjars that feeds on the fruit of the oil palm and tropical laurels.

Dictionary definition

OILBIRD, noun. Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter.

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