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nighthawk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | night owl, nightbird |
| Type of | individualist |
nighthawk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bullbat, mosquito hawk |
| Type of | caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar |
Examples of nighthawk
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Nighthawk made a $5 million operating profit on $20 million of first-quarter sales.
From the businessweek.com
It has fallen to Vice President Cheney, a nighthawk with a darker imagination, to focus our fears.
From the time.com
The sound is reminiscent of a nighthawk patrolling the summer sky.
From the post-gazette.com
And it would in no way change the legal environment in which nighthawk looters currently operate.
From the scienceblogs.com
Nighthawk says U.S. demand for CT scans is rising 14% a year.
From the businessweek.com
There is a glorious passage by Henry Thoreau of his encounter with a nightjar relative called a nighthawk.
From the guardian.co.uk
You may see a common nighthawk snoozing away.
From the kansas.com
The lyrics burst with nighthawk poetry.
From the time.com
Members of Mecklenburg Audubon have been watching the skies at dusk the past week or so to record the common nighthawk migration.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Night owl: a person who likes to be active late at night
- Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
- A nighthawk is a nocturnal bird of the subfamily Chordeilinae, within the nightjar family, Caprimulgidae. Nighthawks are medium-sized New World birds, with long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They usually nest on the ground and catch flying insects. ...
- Nighthawk, in comics, may refer to: * Nighthawk (DC Comics) * Nighthawk (Marvel Comics) * Nighthawk (Supreme Power)
- Nighthawk is a fictional character, a cowboy in the DC Comics universe. His real name is Hannibal Hawkes and he first appeared in Western Comics # 5. In his secret identity, he worked as a travelling repairman. He had a sidekick named Jim Peyton.
- Nighthawk is the name of several fictional characters that appear in publications published by Marvel Comics. ...
- The Honda Nighthawk is the US model designation for some of Honda's CB series of motorcycles.
- Nighthawk (Often stylized NightHawk) (formerly Borg Assimilator) is a steel flying roller coaster at Carowinds, near Charlotte, North Carolina. It was relocated from California's Great America where it was named Stealth, in 2002. Nighthawk was built by Vekoma of the Netherlands.
- Nighthawks is a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is considered Hopper's most famous painting, as well as one of the most recognizable in American art. It is currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
