资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Guacharo \Gua*cha"ro\, n. [Cf. Sp. gu['a]charo sickly,
dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.] (Zo["o]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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Steatornis caripensis
n : nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty
young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
[syn: {oilbird}, {guacharo}]