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muckawis

muckawis noun: the whippoorwill.

Noun

muckawis

  1. (US, dialectal, rare) The whippoorwill.

Origin of muckawis

Probably from Mohegan-Pequot múckkowheesce.

Questions about muckawis

What does muckawis mean?
Muckawis means the whippoorwill.
What part of speech is muckawis?
Muckawis is a noun.

Words near muckawis in the dictionary

  1. Muckamore
  2. muckamuck
  3. muckamucks
  4. Muckanaghederdauhaulia
  5. Muckatah
  6. muckawis
  7. muckbang
  8. mucked
  9. mucked about
  10. mucked around
  11. mucked in

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