pauraque

[ pou-rah-key; Spanish pou-rah-ke ]
/ paʊˈrɑ keɪ; Spanish paʊˈrɑ kɛ /

noun, plural pau·ra·ques [pou-rah-keyz; Spanish pou-rah-kes] /paʊˈrɑ keɪz; Spanish paʊˈrɑ kɛs/.

a large, tropical American goatsucker, Nyctidromus albicollis.

Origin of pauraque

First recorded in 1905–10; presumably Hispanicized spelling of a word < a language of tropical America