'Phalaenoptilus Nutalli' definitions:

Definition of 'Phalaenoptilus Nutalli'

From: GCIDE
  • Poor-will \Poor"-will`\, n. [So called in imitation of its note.] (Zool.) A bird of the Western United States ({Phal[ae]noptilus Nutalli}) allied to the whip-poor-will. [1913 Webster]