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What is a whippoorwill?

What is a whippoorwill? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. a nocturnal insectivorous bird of North America, Caprimulgus vociferus, a type of nightjar, named after its characteristic call.
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Even the call of a whippoorwill in the adjoining pasture worried me.
Smart men supposedly ignored dizzy dames and all the rest, listening not to the whippoorwill but to cash registers.
A distant relative of the whippoorwill, the potoo feeds mainly at night, opening its short, curved bill very wide to sweep up flying insects.
The last time I saw Rattlesnake he was as poor as a whippoorwill, and gore marks were present on his shoulders.
We had the whippoorwill, the hoot owl and crickets for music.
The whippoorwill begins his plaintive cry, and one hears, but does not see.

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