NIGHTHAWK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nighthawk mean? 

• NIGHTHAWK (noun)
  The noun NIGHTHAWK has 2 senses:

1. a person who likes to be active late at night

2. mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker

  Familiarity information: NIGHTHAWK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGHTHAWK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who likes to be active late at night

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

night owl; nightbird; nighthawk

Hypernyms ("nighthawk" is a kind of...):

individualist (a person who pursues independent thought or action)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bullbat; mosquito hawk; nighthawk

Hypernyms ("nighthawk" is a kind of...):

caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)

Holonyms ("nighthawk" is a member of...):

Chordeiles; genus Chordeiles (a genus of Caprimulgidae)