frogmouth

English

Etymology

frog +‎ mouth, from its mouth shape.

Noun

frogmouth (plural frogmouths)

A Frogmouth.

A drawing of a Frogmouth.

Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae, native to Australia and southern Asia

Related terms

frogmouth catfish

Translations

bird of the family Podargidae

Chinese:
Mandarin: 蟆口鴟, 蟆口鸱
Dutch: uilnachtzwaluw
Esperanto: podargo, ranbuŝulo, podargedo
Finnish: pöllökehrääjä

French: podarge (fr) m
German: Eulenschwalme
Hungarian: bagolyfecske
Japanese: ガマグチヨタカ (gamaguchiyotaka)
Spanish: podárgido, podargo

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