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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
.]

Definition 2024


whip-poor-will

whip-poor-will

See also: whippoorwill

English

Noun

whip-poor-will (plural whip-poor-wills)

  1. Alternative form of whippoorwill