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whippoorwill |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whip-poor-will \Whip"-poor-will`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American bird ({Antrostomus vociferus}) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening. [Written also {whippowil}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whippoorwill n : American nocturnal goatsucker with gray-and-white plumage [syn: {Caprimulgus vociferus}]
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