Night'-hawk, n.
(Ornith.) A bird allied to the goat sucker, a native of the United States. It hunts its prey toward evening, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a whirring sound, like that of a spinning-wheel.
(Ornith.) A bird allied to the goat sucker, a native of the United States. It hunts its prey toward evening, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a whirring sound, like that of a spinning-wheel.