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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: goatsuckers (0.00777 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to goatsuckers.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: goatsucker
goatsucker
n : mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with
mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on
insects [syn:
nightjar,
caprimulgid]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: goatsuckers
Caprimulgidae
\Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the
whip-poor-will (
Caprimulgus vociferus
), the
chuck-will's-widow (
Caprimulgus carolinensis
), and the
common nighthawk (
Chordeiles minor
); -- called popularly the
goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family
Caprimulgidae.
[PJC]
The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the
“churring” sounds of
several species --
“jarring” the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
(Wild Birds of
the Americas)
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