Poor-will

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  poorwill
       n : goatsucker of western North America [syn: {Phalaenoptilus
           nuttallii}]