(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:24:11

Whip"-poor-will` (?), n. 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.

[Written also whippowil.]

 

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