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NIGHT BIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does night bird mean?
• NIGHT BIRD (noun)
The noun NIGHT BIRD has 1 sense:
1. any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc
Familiarity information: NIGHT BIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("night bird" is a kind of...):
bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "night bird"):
night raven (any bird that cries at night)
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