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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 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."