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bird of night

n. nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes [syn: owl, bird of Minerva, hooter]

Usage examples of "bird of night".

He was illuminated by those radiant shadows, he imagined her a dawn bird of night, he thrilled at the miracle by which light became dark and darkness radiant, ink turned to milk, ebony to ivory.

I look at Ted Casey standing over me, and he becomes the dark bird of night out for a field mouse, a chicken or a little white baby lost in the woods.