Definition of "potoo" [po•too]

• A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius grandis). (noun)

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• "Their weird cries are reflected in the common names for many of the species, e.g., whippoorwill, chuck-will's-widow, poorwill, poor-me-one, potoo, and pauraque."