ALL meanings of whippoorwill
whip·poor·will
W w - noun whippoorwill A North and Central American nightjar with a distinctive call. 1
- noun whippoorwill a nocturnal North American nightjar, Caprimulgus vociferus, having a variegated plumage of gray, black, white, and tawny. 1
- noun whippoorwill a nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America, Caprimulgus vociferus, a type of nightjar, named after its characteristic call. 0
- countable noun whippoorwill A whippoorwill is a North American bird that is active at night and has a call that sounds like 'whip poor will'. 0
- noun whippoorwill a nightjar, Caprimulgus vociferus, of North and Central America, having a dark plumage with white patches on the tail 0
- noun whippoorwill a dark, insect-eating, nocturnal nightjar (Caprimulgus vociferus) of E North America 0