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bullbat

[ bool-bat ]

bullbat

/ ˈʊˌæ /

noun

  1. another name for nighthawk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bullbat1

1830–40, Americanism; said to be so called from the noise it makes when flying. See bull 1, bat 2
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A vibrant cry, Passing, then gone, of bullbats in the sky.

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The moon was not high enough yet to dispel much of the gloom of the twilight, and bullbats were circling overhead, dipping so low at times that once they almost brushed her face.

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The heavy cry of the bullbat fell from far above, and looking up quickly for a sight of his winnowing wings under the vast purpling vault she beheld the earliest stars.

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