bullbat

bullbat
/bool"bat'/, n.
nighthawk (def. 1).
[1830-40, Amer.; said to be so called from the noise it makes when flying. See BULL1, BAT2]

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also called  Common Nighthawk,  
 common American species of nighthawk (q.v.).

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