nighthawk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nighthawk	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for nighthawk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nighthawk n a person who likes to be active late at night [syn: {night owl}, nighthawk, nightbird] mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker Synonym(s): nighthawk, bullbat, mosquito hawk
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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."