Found 2 items, similar to nightjar.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: nightjar nightjar n : mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects [syn: goatsucker, caprimulgid]
English → English (gcide) Definition: nightjar 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]