Usually means: Night bird known for singing.
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  1. whippoorwill: Merriam-Webster
  2. whippoorwill: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whippoorwill: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. whippoorwill: Collins English Dictionary
  5. whippoorwill: Vocabulary.com
  6. Whippoorwill, whippoorwill: Wordnik
  7. whippoorwill: Wiktionary
  8. whippoorwill: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. whippoorwill (whippoor-will): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. whippoorwill: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. whippoorwill: Dictionary.com
  12. whippoorwill: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. The Whippoorwill, Whippoorwill (disambiguation), Whippoorwill (train), Whippoorwill: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. whippoorwill: Rhymezone
  15. whippoorwill: FreeDictionary.org
  16. whippoorwill: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. whippoorwill: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. whippoorwill: Encyclopedia

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  1. whippoorwill: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whippoorwill)

▸ noun:  A nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus), a type of nightjar, named after its characteristic call.
▸ noun:  The distinctive call of the above bird.

Similar:
caprimulgus vociferus, whippowill, whip-poor-will, whip-o-will, pope, poorwill, nighthawk, spinner, jar-owl, night-jar, more...

Opposite:
Nocturnal bird, diurnal bird, non-migratory bird, non-nocturnal bird

Types:
nightjar, goatsucker, potoo, sepulchral, chuck-will's-widow, more...

Phrases:
The Whippoorwill, more...

Adjectives:
first, little, lone, lonely, eastern, lonesome, distant, voiced, solitary, pastoral, beautiful


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Similar:
caprimulgus vociferus, whippowill, whip-poor-will, whip-o-will, pope, poorwill, nighthawk, spinner, jar-owl, night-jar, more...

Opposite:
Nocturnal bird, diurnal bird, non-migratory bird, non-nocturnal bird

Types:
nightjar, goatsucker, potoo, sepulchral, chuck-will's-widow, more...

Phrases:
The Whippoorwill, more...

Adjectives:
first, little, lone, lonely, eastern, lonesome, distant, voiced, solitary, pastoral, beautiful



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