Nighthawk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several chiefly nocturnal birds of the genus Chordeiles, especially C. minor, having mottled grayish-brown feathers with a white spot on the wings. Also called bullbat, mosquito hawk.
  • n. The European nightjar.
  • n. Informal A night owl.
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  • n. A New World nightjar.
  • n. A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. an American bird (Chordeiles Virginianus), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel.
  • n. A person who likes to be active late at night; a night owl.
  • n. Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called the nightjar.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A caprimulgine bird of the genus Chordeiles.
  • n. The night-jar or goatsucker, Caprimulgus curopæus.
  • n. One of certain petrels of the genus Œstrelata: as, the white night-hawk or mutton-bird, Œ. lessoni.
  • n. One who prowls about at night; specifically, a night cabman or his cab or horse.
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  • n. mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
  • n. a person who likes to be active late at night
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    goatsucker    caprimulgid    nightjar    individualist   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bull bat    mosquito hawk    nightjar    bullbat    night owl   
    Same Context
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    waterspout    book-agent    hansom    seven-mile    strong-limbed   
     
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