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Nighthawk   Listen
noun
nighthawk  n.  
1.
A person who likes to be active late at night; a night owl.
Synonyms: night owl, nightbird.
2.
(Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called the nightjar.
Synonyms: bullbat, mosquito hawk.





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"Nighthawk" Quotes from Famous Books



... Another traveler—the spotted-winged nighthawk—was also roughly used by the storm. He faced it bravely, and beat and beat, but was unable to stem it, or even hold his own; gradually he drifted back, till he was lost to sight in the wet obscurity. ...
— The Writings of John Burroughs • John Burroughs
... of vehicles lined the curb: nighthawk taxicabs for the most part, with one or two four-wheelers, as many disreputable and dilapidated hansoms, and (aside from that in which P. Sybarite had arrived) a single taxicab of decent appearance. This last stood, with door ajar, immediately opposite the side entrance, ...
— The Day of Days - An Extravaganza • Louis Joseph Vance


Words linked to "Nighthawk" :   individualist, night owl, mosquito hawk, genus Chordeiles, nightjar, nightbird, goatsucker, bullbat


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