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Definition of goatsucker

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Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- 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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Nightjar :: Nightjar (n.) A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker..

Spinner :: Spinner (n.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.

Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) The European goatsucker.

Whip-poor-will :: Whip-poor-will (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.

Puck :: Puck (n.) The goatsucker.

Wheelbird :: Wheelbird (n.) The European goatsucker.

Picariae :: Picariae (n. pl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds..

Nyctibune :: Nyctibune (n.) A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers..

Parauque :: Parauque (n.) A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.

Potoo :: Potoo (n.) A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius grandis).

Jar-owl :: Jar-owl (n.) The goatsucker.

Chuck-will''s-widow :: Chuck-Will's-widow (n.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note..

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

Strove :: Strisores (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group..

Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..

Dorhawk :: Dorhawk (n.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker.

Morepork :: Morepork (n.) The Australian crested goatsucker (Aegotheles Novae-Hollandiae). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri..