pope

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pəʊp/

Noun

US dialectal obsolete rare

(US, dialectal, obsolete) The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus). / (US, dialectal, rare) The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).

Japanese Meaning

ウィッププーアウィル（アメリカの方言・時代遅れの用法での「ウィッププーアウィル」という鳥） / ナイトホーク（アメリカの方言・稀な用法での「ナイトホーク」という鳥）

What is this buttons?

At dusk, he swore he heard a pope calling from the edge of the wood.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

夕暮れ、彼は林の縁でウィッププアウィルが鳴いているのを聞いたと断言した。

Details

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(US, dialectal, obsolete) The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus).

The Whipperwill has so named itself by its nocturnal songs. It is also called the pope, by reason of its darting with great swiftness, from the clouds almost to the ground, and bawling out Pope!

Google Translation / DeepL Translation