Definition of "bullbat" [bullbat]

• See nighthawk. (noun)

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• "Now and then there was the bleat of a goat or the call of a bullbat, but that was all."
• "Alas the poor bullbat - the common nighthawk by another name."
• "They'd think I was nutty as a bullbat, and when you're a businesswoman in a small town, well, you got to protect your reputation."