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nighthawk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nighthawk has 2 senses
- nighthawk(n = noun.person) night owl, nightbird - a person who likes to be active late at night; Array is a kind of individualist
- nighthawk(n = noun.animal) bullbat, mosquito hawk - mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker; Array is a kind of caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar
is a member of chordeiles, genus chordeiles
CIDE DICTIONARY
nighthawk, n.
- A person who likes to be active late at night; a
night owl . [WordNet 1.5] - Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially
Chordeiles minor , or the related European goatsuckerCaprimulgus europaeus , also called the nightjar. [WordNet 1.5]
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