poorwilln.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːwɪl/,

/ˈpʊəwɪl/, U.S.

/ˈpʊrˌwɪl/,

/ˈpɔrˌwɪl/

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of the bird's call. Compare earlier (with different sense) whippoorwill n.

More fully common poorwill. A small white-throated nightjar of western North America, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, which is the only bird known to hibernate regularly in cold weather. Also (chiefly with distinguishing word): any of several similar nightjars of related genera occurring in Central and South America.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > miscellaneous types of

poorwill1862

four-wings1889

1862 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 12 157 Antrostomus Nuttalli, Cassin. Poor-will... Though rarely seen, this bird seems to be distributed throughout the Upper Missouri country.

1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Mar. 664/2 At nightfall the poor-wills begin to utter their boding call from the wooded ravines back in the hills; not ‘whip-poor-will’, as in the East, but with two syllables only.

1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories ii. vii. 253 The poor-wills ceased their plaintive cries. A few smaller birds chirped drowsily.

1953 E. R. Blake Birds Mexico 230 Eared poor-will. Otophanes mcleodii... Yucatán poor-will. Otophanes yucatanicus.

1996 Sciences Sept.–Oct. 13/1 Hibernating animals include hundreds..of mammals (as well as one bird, the common, or white-throated, poorwill).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poorwill
释义	poorwilln. Brit. /ˈpɔːwɪl/, /ˈpʊəwɪl/, U.S. /ˈpʊrˌwɪl/, /ˈpɔrˌwɪl/ Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the bird's call. Compare earlier (with different sense) whippoorwill n. More fully common poorwill. A small white-throated nightjar of western North America, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, which is the only bird known to hibernate regularly in cold weather. Also (chiefly with distinguishing word): any of several similar nightjars of related genera occurring in Central and South America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > miscellaneous types of poorwill1862 four-wings1889 1862 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 12 157 Antrostomus Nuttalli, Cassin. Poor-will... Though rarely seen, this bird seems to be distributed throughout the Upper Missouri country. 1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Mar. 664/2 At nightfall the poor-wills begin to utter their boding call from the wooded ravines back in the hills; not ‘whip-poor-will’, as in the East, but with two syllables only. 1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories ii. vii. 253 The poor-wills ceased their plaintive cries. A few smaller birds chirped drowsily. 1953 E. R. Blake Birds Mexico 230 Eared poor-will. Otophanes mcleodii... Yucatán poor-will. Otophanes yucatanicus. 1996 Sciences Sept.–Oct. 13/1 Hibernating animals include hundreds..of mammals (as well as one bird, the common, or white-throated, poorwill). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1862
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