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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 夜鷹 [ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄥ; ye4 ying1]
 night hawk
 

From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 夜鷹
 蚊母鳥
 怪鴟
 よたか
 ぶんぼちょう
 蚊母鳥
 ヨタカ
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 word usually written using kana alone
 grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
 word usually written using kana alone
 nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae)
 goatsucker
 夜鷹
 streetwalker
 low class prostitute (Edo period)
 夜鷹
 see: 夜鷹蕎麦
 abbreviation
 soba vendors who walk around at night
 soba sold by these vendors