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Noun1.poorwill - goatsucker of western North Americapoorwill - goatsucker of western North America
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
genus Phalaenoptilus, Phalaenoptilus - a genus of Caprimulgidae
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