- Birds in slow motion - Birds of the night - Members of parliament are slow to adjust - Night birds - Nocturnal birds - Nocturnal birds of prey - Wisdom symbols
- Active at night - Active by night - Clan to run operation at night-time - Night loving - Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as,
nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal. - Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night;
as, nocturnal birds and insects. - An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of
the stars, etc., at sea.
- A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and,
with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. - A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep. - To frighten, as with a lowbell.
- A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch
or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The
birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.
- One of several species of insectivorous birds,
belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it
sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat
chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat
hawk, and dorhawk.
- One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes,
and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are
remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The
purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old
World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula
chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot,
night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the
Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).