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Whip-poor-will
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Whip´-poor-will`
n.1.(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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He writes of death and dirt and the grave, of the rain on the roof and the Lee County flood, of corn knee-high and fresh mowed hay, of whipoorwills and red buds and sky.
Roads were closed and washed out in and around the Whipoorwill area.
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