GOATSUCKER

goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid

(noun) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

goatsucker (plural goatsuckers)

Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae

Source: Wiktionary

Goat"suck`er, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europæus); -- 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 .

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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