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Webster 1913 Edition
Whip-poor-will
Whip′-poor-willˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
An American bird (
Antrostomus vociferus
) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; – so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening. [Written also
whippowil
.]