OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37617

nighthawk

/ˈnʌɪthɔːk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chotacabras
A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.
The swallows circled around and I watched them and the night-hawks flying above the roofs and drank the Cinzano.
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