nighthawk
       n 1: a person who likes to be active late at night [syn: night
            owl, nightbird]
       2: mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker [syn: bullbat,
          mosquito hawk]
  Night-hawk
     (Heb. tahmas) occurs only in the list of unclean birds (Lev.
     11:16; Deut. 14:15). This was supposed to be the night-jar
     (Caprimulgus), allied to the swifts. The Hebrew word is derived
     from a root meaning "to scratch or tear the face," and may be
     best rendered, in accordance with the ancient versions, "an owl"
     (Strix flammea). The Revised Version renders "night-hawk."