Found 2 items, similar to goatsucker.
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: Goatsucker
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.
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