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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 fighters
  2. night flies
  3. night flit
  4. night fly
  5. night food
  6. night fowl
  7. night fowls
  8. night frog
  9. night frogs
  10. night game
  11. night glass

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