Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun poorwill

1 sense of poorwill

Sense 1
poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii -- (goatsucker of western North America)
       => goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid -- (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)