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whip-poor-will (medicine)


whip-poor-will
<zoology> An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.

Alternative forms: whippowil.

Source: Websters Dictionary