noun
pl. -·wills· or -·will· a dark, insect-eating, nocturnal nightjar (Caprimulgus vociferus) of E North America
Origin of whippoorwill
echoic of its crywhippoorwill
whip·poor·willWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural whippoorwills)
- a nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America, Caprimulgus vociferus, a type of nightjar, named after its characteristic call.
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