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WHIPPOORWILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whippoorwill mean?
• WHIPPOORWILL (noun)
The noun WHIPPOORWILL has 1 sense:
1. American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage
Familiarity information: WHIPPOORWILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Caprimulgus vociferus; whippoorwill
Hypernyms ("whippoorwill" is a kind of...):
caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)
Holonyms ("whippoorwill" is a member of...):
Caprimulgus; genus Caprimulgus (type genus of the Caprimulgidae)
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