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Goatsucker  n.  (Zool.) 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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"Goatsucker" Quotes from Famous Books



... while in bloom, easy the eye attract; but, when they wither, hard they are to find. Now by the footsteps, I bury the flowers, but sorrow will slay me. Alone I stand, and as I clutch the hoe, silent tears trickle down, And drip on the bare twigs, leaving behind them the traces of blood. The goatsucker hath sung his song, the shades lower of eventide, So with the lotus hoe I return home and shut the double doors. Upon the wall the green lamp sheds its rays just as I go to sleep. The cover is yet cold; ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin


Words linked to "Goatsucker" :   nighthawk, Caprimulgus europaeus, European goatsucker, family Caprimulgidae, whippoorwill, Caprimulgidae, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, Caprimulgus carolinensis, Caprimulgus vociferus, nightjar, poorwill, mosquito hawk, European nightjar


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