ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1.
a. : any of several No. American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles related to the whippoorwill ; specifically : a goatsucker ( C. minor ) common in the eastern United States that is marbled black, brown, and ocherous with white on the wings, throat, and in the male also on the tail and that feeds on insects which it secures on the wing principally at twilight flying at a considerable height and often diving almost vertically
b. : the European nightjar
c. : any of several large petrels of the genera Pterodroma and Priofinus inhabiting southern seas
d. Australia : morepork 1
2. : a person who habitually stays up or goes about late at night
3. : an independent taxicab operated chiefly at night
4. : a ranch hand who works at night on the range ; specifically : a hand who herds the saddle horses at night
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