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whippoorwill
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whippoorwill has 1 sense
- whippoorwill(n = noun.animal) caprimulgus vociferus - American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage; Array is a kind of caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar
is a member of caprimulgus, genus caprimulgus
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whippoorwill, n. an American nightjar, Caprimulgus vociferus.
Etymology
imit. of its cry
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