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night-fowl

night-fowl is the alternative form of nightfowl.

Meaning of nightfowl

Noun

nightfowl (plural nightfowls or nightfowl)

  1. Any of various birds active during the nighttime or associated with night; a nocturnal bird.
    • Upon the middle of the night,
      Waking she heard the nightfowl crow:
      The cock sung out an hour ere light1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Mariana
    Synonyms:
    night bird

Forms of night-fowl

pluralnight-fowls
pluralnight-fowl

Questions about night-fowl

What is night-fowl the alternative form of?
Night-fowl is the alternative form of nightfowl.

Words near night-fowl in the dictionary

  1. night-fall
  2. night-falls
  3. night-fear
  4. night-flowering jasmine
  5. night-flowering jasmines
  6. night-fowl
  7. night-fowls
  8. night-glass
  9. night-glasses
  10. night-gown
  11. night-gowns

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