Whip-poor-will

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Whip´-poor-will`

(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.

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Bird caprimulgid Caprimulgidae Caprimulgus Caprimulgus carolinensis Caprimulgus vociferus chuck-will's-widow genus Caprimulgus goatsucker nightjar Poor-will whippoorwill			I was not only nearer to some of those which commonly frequent the garden and the orchard, but to those smaller and more thrilling songsters of the forest which never, or rarely, serenade a villager -- the wood thrush, the veery, the scarlet tanager, the field sparrow, the whip-poor-will, and many others. Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context Then, as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland, to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered, every sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination, --the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside, the boding cry of the tree toad, that harbinger of storm, the dreary hooting of the screech owl, to the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington View in context			Whinock whinstone whiny Whinyard whip Whip and spur whip away whip back Whip crane Whip gin whip graft Whip grafting whip hand whip in whip off whip on whip out Whip ray Whip roll whip round whip scorpion whip snake whip through whip top whip up Whip-poor-will whip-round whip-scorpion Whip-shaped whip-snake Whip-tom-kelly whipbird whipcord Whipgraft whiplash whiplash injury whiplike Whipparee whipped whipped cream whipped potato Whipper whipper-in Whipperin whippersnapper whippet whipping whipping boy whipping cream whipping post whipping top			whip over Whip ray Whip roll whip round whip scorpion Whip scorpions Whip Shot Whip Shots whip snake Whip Snake, European whip snakes whip something into shape Whip stitch Whip stitch whip through whip through whip top whip up whip up whip up whip up whip up Whip worm Whip worm Whip worm Whip-Grafting whip-like whip-like whip-like whip-like Whip-poor-will whip-round whip-rounds whip-scorpion Whip-shaped whip-snake Whip-tailed ray Whip-tailed ray Whip-tailed ray Whip-tom-kelly Whipbird whipbirds whipcord whipcord whipcords whipcords Whipgraft whiplash whiplash whiplash whiplash Whiplash Associated Disorders Whiplash effect Whiplash effect Whiplash effect whiplash injury whiplash injury whiplash injury whiplash injury Whiplash Protection System whiplash shake syndrome

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