Found 2 items, similar to Caprimulgus Europaeus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Caprimulgus europaeus
Caprimulgus europaeus
n : Old World goatsucker [syn:
European goatsucker,
European nightjar
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Caprimulgus Europaeus
Goatsucker
\Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(
Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- 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.
[1913 Webster]