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Meanings of bird of night in English
Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
Usage of bird of night in English
1
Frequently a huge bat or bird of night flitted by.
2
This is the bird of night, singing to its young!
3
Then, like a bird of night on silent wings, came this walking in his sleep.
4
Casca dwells especially on the ' bird of night.'
5
Along the shore of the sleeping lake our engine swept like a great, black, wingless bird of night.
6
While I was talking with For, the bird of night had indeed furtively spread its black wings over Avendoom.
7
Foul bird of night!
8
The bird of night makes its ill-omened sound;
9
No gurgle along the shore: no splash against the great logs that made the wharf; no bird of night calling to its mate.
10
A deep, brooding shadow was on her heart, though she could not see the bird of night from whose wings it had fallen.
11
Numerous species of the goatsucker, well known as the bird of night, inhabit the forests of the Amazon as well as the settled districts.
12
Clouds obscured the stars; not a sound was to be heard, except the voice of some bird of night, which came from a distance.
13
As he looked he saw La Meffraye come to the door and set her face within, like some bird of night, hideous and foul.
14
Poor injured little bird of night, how sadly hast thou suffered, and how foul a stain has inattention to facts put upon thy character!
15
They had no fancy to be left in the darkness with the bird of night and the "dried spirits" of the ancient cliff dwellers.
16
Like three birds of night and omen, these three evil natures settled on the rich man's roof.