Potoos (family Nyctibiidae) are a group of near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called poor-me-ones, after their haunting calls. There are seven species in one genus, Nyctibius, in tropical Central and South America. These are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the t...
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• (n.) A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius grandis).
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any of seven species of solitary, nocturnal birds of the American tropics. Its name imitates the wailing cry, `po-TOO,` made by some species.[1 related articles]
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Po·too' noun (Zoology) A large South American goatsucker (
Nyctibius grandis ).
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