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

1 sense of whippoorwill

Sense 1
whippoorwill, Caprimulgus vociferus -- (American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage)
       => goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid -- (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)