Crossword clues for nighthawk
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nighthawk \nighthawk\ n.
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A person who likes to be active late at night; a night owl.
Syn: night owl, nightbird.
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(Zo["o]l.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called the nightjar.
Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context UK regional English) A nightjar, especially (taxlink Caprimulgus europaeus species noshow=1). (from 17th c.) 2 (context US English) A New World nightjar of the genus ''Chordeiles'', especially (taxlink Chordeiles minor species noshow=1). (from 18th c.) 3 A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours. (from 19th c.)
WordNet
n. a person who likes to be active late at night [syn: night owl, nightbird]
mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker [syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk]
Wikipedia
A nighthawk is a nocturnal bird of the subfamily Chordeilinae, within the nightjar family, Caprimulgidae. The term "nighthawk", first recorded in the King James Version of 1611, was originally a local name in England for the European nightjar. Its use in the Americas to refers to members of the genus Chordeiles and related genera was first recorded in 1778.
Nighthawks are medium-sized birds with long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They usually nest on the ground. They feed on flying insects. The least nighthawk, at and , is the smallest of all Caprimulgiformes. Nightjars are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats (the Latin for goatsucker is Caprimulgus).
Nighthawks have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically coloured to resemble bark or leaves. Some species perch facing along a branch, rather than across it as birds usually do. This helps to conceal them during the day. The female lays two patterned eggs directly onto bare ground.
They are mostly active in the late evening and early morning or at night and feed on moths and other large flying insects. The bill opens very wide and has a slightly hooked upper tip.
Nighthawks are similar in most respects to the nightjars, but have shorter bills and plumage that is less soft. Nighthawks are less strictly nocturnal than many nightjars and may be seen hunting when there is still light in the sky.
Nighthawk is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. There have been five versions of the character: a supervillain-turned- superhero from the mainstream Marvel Universe continuity, Kyle Richmond, who belonged to the team Squadron Sinister; and four from alternate universes, who belonged to various permutations of team Squadron Supreme.
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 traveling repairman. He had a sidekick named Jim Peyton.
Created by Robert Kanigher and Charles Paris, his later adventures were handled by writers France Herron, Don Cameron, and Gardner Fox; and artists Gil Kane and Carmine Infantino.
A nighthawk is a nocturnal bird.
Nighthawk or Night Hawk may also refer to:
Nighthawk is a steel flying roller coaster from Vekoma located at Carowinds amusement park. Originally opening as Stealth at California's Great America on April 1, 2000, the roller coaster was the first flying roller coaster model in the world. In 2003, Paramount decided to relocate the roller coaster to Carowinds. It reopened as Borg Assimilator – the first coaster in the world to be themed to Star Trek – on March 20, 2004. After Cedar Fair purchased Carowinds in 2006, Paramount themes were soon removed from the park, and the ride was renamed Nighthawk. It is one of only three Flying Dutchman models still in existence from Vekoma.
Usage examples of "nighthawk".
At dusk, the nighthawk wheels with a soft yet quick flight over the ferns and about the trees.
Nighthawk watched the Pearl of Maracaibo undulating atop her floating platform.
Nighthawk, smiling up at the Pearl of Maracaibo as she finished her dance.
Nighthawk sat at the bar, next to Lizard Malloy, staring at the Pearl of Maracaibo in rapt fascination.
The Pearl of Maracaibo turned to Nighthawk and shrugged helplessly, almost falling out of her towel.
Before Nighthawk could respond, they had each whipped out their burners and melted off the tops of some fifty bottles of bar stock without their beams of deadly light hitting anything else or doing any damage to the rest of the place.
Temple of Lims-Kragma disavowed themselves from any contact with these Nighthawks years ago, and the Temple of Guis-Wa have their own particular brand of murders, and these murders have none of the earmarks of a ritual Blood Hunt.
Nighthawks were supposed to be Enforcers, to know the Laws of the Blood.
The world needed Nighthawks - Enforcers - to keep the strigoi and mortal worlds safe and separate.
James himself had killed their current leader, but was under no illusion that the Nighthawks would just go away.
Guruth had been a young soldier, probably a sergeant or lieutenant when Arutha and James had led a squad of soldiers that had destroyed the Nighthawks headquarters in Krondor, the basement below one of the finest brothels in the city.
Armengar, and again at Kenting Rush, the Nighthawks are numerous and as soon as you destroy one nest, another springs up somewhere else.
Highness is concerned about the possibility of these Nighthawks being agents of a foreign power.
The Nighthawks had proven adept at infiltrating the army and even the palace in the past.
Silden, and the apparent link between the Crawler and the Nighthawks at Kenting Rush, I can only come to one conclusion.