'nighthawk' definitions:
Definition of 'nighthawk'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'nighthawk'
From: GCIDE
- nighthawk \nighthawk\ n.
- 1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a {night owl}.
- Syn: night owl, nightbird. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called the nightjar.
- Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'nighthawk'
From: Easton
- Night-hawk (Heb. tahmas) occurs only in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). This was supposed to be the night-jar (Caprimulgus), allied to the swifts. The Hebrew word is derived from a root meaning "to scratch or tear the face," and may be best rendered, in accordance with the ancient versions, "an owl" (Strix flammea). The Revised Version renders "night-hawk."